Model comparison
GPT-5.2 Pro vs Grok 3
GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and Grok 3 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 51.5 to 13.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 90.5% for GPT-5.2 Pro and 5.5% for Grok 3.
Side by side
| GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 52.3 | 39.9 |
| Released | 2025-12-11 | 2025-04-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 400K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $21 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $168 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 40 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 53.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 37.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1432 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 29.5% |
Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads
GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 54.2% | 0% |
| SimpleBench | 57.4% | 36.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 90.5% | 5.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.4 | 138.33 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 61.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 79.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1434 |
Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads
GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 31.3% | 0% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 74% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 46% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 55.6% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1391 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 88.7% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 3.8% |
Knowledge Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 75.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 14.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 65% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1421 |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1410 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1448 |
| LMArena French | — | 1460 |
| LMArena German | — | 1431 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1387 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1373 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1416 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1417 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 88.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1409 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 58.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1439 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1426 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1414 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 76.4% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1186 |
| WildBench | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1425 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than Grok 3?
GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and Grok 3 share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.