Doubao 1.5 Pro Max vs o3 Vision: which model should you choose?
We compared Doubao 1.5 Pro Max and o3 Vision on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. o3 Vision has the stronger average benchmark score; o3 Vision is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $14.93 per million input tokens and $73.69 per million output tokens, and averages 81.2 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.93 / 1M
- Output
- $73.69 / 1M
- Context
- 400,000
- Avg score
- 81.2
- Open weights
- No
o3 Vision
o3 Vision is a multimodal model from OpenAI. It offers a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $15.24 per million input tokens and $65.25 per million output tokens, and averages 81.8 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $15.24 / 1M
- Output
- $65.25 / 1M
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Avg score
- 81.8
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | o3 Vision | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $14.93 | $15.24 | A |
| Output price / 1M | $73.69 | $65.25 | B |
| Context window | 400,000 | 1,000,000 | B |
| Max output | 4,096 | 8,192 | B |
| Average score | 81.2 | 81.8 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1447.5 | 1436.5 | A |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 4, o3 Vision wins 8, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | o3 Vision | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.1 | 83.6 | 2.5 | o3 Vision |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.1 | 77.8 | 1.7 | o3 Vision |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.7 | 71.8 | 1.1 | o3 Vision |
| HumanEval | 84.0 | 85.6 | 1.6 | o3 Vision |
| MATH-500 | 85.3 | 84.4 | 0.9 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| AIME 2025 | 80.4 | 82.4 | 2.0 | o3 Vision |
| LiveCodeBench | 73.5 | 73.7 | 0.2 | o3 Vision |
| IFEval | 90.2 | 89.3 | 0.9 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| TruthfulQA | 84.4 | 85.8 | 1.4 | o3 Vision |
| HellaSwag | 87.8 | 89.7 | 1.9 | o3 Vision |
| MMMU | 79.3 | 75.7 | 3.6 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| Arena Elo | 1447.5 | 1436.5 | 11.0 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max costs about $29.62 per million tokens and o3 Vision costs about $27.74. o3 Vision is roughly 6% cheaper than Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
o3 Vision has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 400,000 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 4, o3 Vision wins 8, and 0 are tied. On the index average, o3 Vision leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Max by 0.6 points (81.8 versus 81.2).
The price picture favours o3 Vision. The context picture favours o3 Vision. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with o3 Vision for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro Max if
- You prefer ByteDance's tooling or already use it.
Choose o3 Vision if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
- You need the larger 1,000,000-token context window.
- You need the larger 8,192-token output limit.
FAQ
Is Doubao 1.5 Pro Max better than o3 Vision?
On the index average, o3 Vision leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Max by 0.6 points (81.8 versus 81.2). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 4 benchmarks, o3 Vision wins 8.
Which is cheaper, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max or o3 Vision?
o3 Vision is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $27.74 per million tokens, versus $29.62 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Max.
Which has the larger context window?
o3 Vision has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max has 400,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is proprietary; o3 Vision is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with o3 Vision for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.