Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs GPT-5.2 Codex

GPT-5.2 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.6 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

GPT-5.2 Codex OpenAI

42.6

Rank #111 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.2 Codex in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.2 Codex leads 45.5 to 28.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified (bash only): 13.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 72.8% for GPT-5.2 Codex.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and GPT-5.2 Codex specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index35.142.6
Released2024-12-062025-12-18
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.75
Output $ / M tokens—$14
Results tracked545

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 Codex leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), GPT-5.2 Codex: 45.5 (#71)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%72.8%
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
LMArena WebDev—1339
SWE-bench Multilingual—66.3%
WeirdML25.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
LiveBench Coding63.4%—
LMArena Coding1350—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
CadEval30%—
ALE-Bench—1,300

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.2 Codex leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), GPT-5.2 Codex: 41.0 (#22)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
Terminal-Bench—66.5%
TheAgentCompany11.4%—

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), GPT-5.2 Codex: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench31.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
EnigmaEval1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1346—
DTBench63.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36—
LiveBench66.9%—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), GPT-5.2 Codex: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%—
Omni-MATH45.9%—
LiveBench Math75.8%—
LMArena Math1352—
MATH Level 582.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), GPT-5.2 Codex: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
GPQA Diamond64.1%—
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations12.4%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
LMArena Expert1339—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), GPT-5.2 Codex: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), GPT-5.2 Codex: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
LMArena Non-English1342—
LMArena Chinese1373—
LMArena French1391—
LMArena German1353—
LMArena Japanese1294—
LMArena Korean1313—
LMArena Russian1351—
LMArena Spanish1363—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), GPT-5.2 Codex: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%—
IFEval84.1%—
LMArena Instruction Following1336—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), GPT-5.2 Codex: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—
LMArena Longer Query1344—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), GPT-5.2 Codex: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GPT-5.2 Codex
LMArena Text1354—
LMArena Creative Writing1340—
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1128—
WildBench80%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1350—
LiveBench Language51.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than GPT-5.2 Codex?

GPT-5.2 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.6 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or GPT-5.2 Codex better for coding?

GPT-5.2 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.5 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and GPT-5.2 Codex share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.2 Codex has 5.

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