Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs GPT-6 Astra

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 52.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

GPT-6 Astra OpenAI

70.8

Rank #1 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Astra in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 51.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 46% for GPT-5.2 Pro and 97.6% for GPT-6 Astra.
  • GPT-6 Astra is cheaper at $10 / $50 per million input/output tokens, against $21 / $168 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
  • GPT-6 Astra accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Pro and GPT-6 Astra specifications
GPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index52.370.8
Released2025-12-112026-09-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K1.05M
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$21$10
Output $ / M tokens$168$50
Results tracked856

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
DeepSWE—74.1%
FrontierCode—53.3%
LMArena WebDev—1786
FrontierSWE—65.5%
SciCode—56.5%
GSO—79.4%
WeirdML—93.6%
LMArena Coding—1487
MirrorCode—46.7%
ALE-Bench—2,951

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
APEX-Agents—64.7%
Remote Labor Index—20.8%
BALROG—68.3%
GDP.pdf—34.2%
Vending-Bench 2—15,515

Reasoning GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
ARC-AGI-254.2%95%
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%98.1%
ARC-AGI-190.5%98.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.4166.45
SimpleBench57.4%—
CritPt—31.7%
Chess Puzzles—72%
EBR-Bench—76.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1462
Mystery Game Puzzles—84%
DTBench—97.3%
LMCA—64.4%
Bench to the Future 3—0.14

Math GPT-6 Astra leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74%93.7%
FrontierMath Tier 446%97.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—99%
LMArena Math—1465
FrontierMath Erdős—2.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)31.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
GPQA Diamond—95.8%
Humanity's Last Exam—54.8%
SimpleQA Verified—75.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.7%
LMArena Expert—1483

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Vision—1281
Blueprint-Bench 2—49.7%
Furniture Assembly—80%
LMArena Document—1468

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Non-English—1430
LMArena Chinese—1484
LMArena French—1456
LMArena German—1440
LMArena Japanese—1379
LMArena Korean—1426
LMArena Russian—1436
LMArena Spanish—1407

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Instruction Following—1450

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Longer Query—1456

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGPT-6 Astra
LMArena Text—1441
LMArena Creative Writing—1418
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2173
LMArena Multi-Turn—1448

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than GPT-6 Astra?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 52.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Pro or GPT-6 Astra?

GPT-6 Astra is cheaper. It lists at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro lists at $21 and $168.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Astra does, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and GPT-6 Astra share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Astra has 56.

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