Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Codex vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

GPT-5.2 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Codex OpenAI

42.2

Rank #107 Reported

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.4

Rank #233 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.2 Codex leads 45.4 to 32.9.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Codex and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) specifications
GPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index42.233.4
Released2025-12-182024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked534

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 Codex leads

GPT-5.2 Codex: 45.4 (#66), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1339—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.3%—
WeirdML—22.2%
LiveBench Coding—46.4%
LMArena Coding—1288
ALE-Bench1,300—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: 40.7 (#20), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
Terminal-Bench66.5%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
SimpleBench—22.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1272
DTBench—65.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—130.48
LiveBench—54.3%

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—11.5%
LiveBench Math—54.9%
LMArena Math—1283
MATH Level 5—63.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
GPQA Diamond—53.8%
Confabulations—20.1%
LMArena Expert—1254

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English—1282
LMArena Chinese—1289
LMArena French—1317
LMArena German—1287
LMArena Japanese—1244
LMArena Korean—1237
LMArena Russian—1286
LMArena Spanish—1281

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%
LMArena Instruction Following—1270

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query—1276

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text—1305
LMArena Creative Writing—1284
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1290
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Codex better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

GPT-5.2 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 Codex or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

GPT-5.2 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Codex and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Codex has 5 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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