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Bard vs o3

Google Bard vs OpenAI o3 — side-by-side specs.

Google
Bard
OpenAI
o3
Overview
CompanyGoogleOpenAI
Release dateMar 21 2023Apr 16 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapBard shipped 757 days before o3

Which is better: Bard or o3?

Bard and o3 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Bard shipped 757 days before o3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Bard released?
Bard was released by Google on Mar 21 2023.
When was o3 released?
o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

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