Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs o1

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index. o1 costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and o1 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 65.3 to 36.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 90.5% for GPT-5.2 Pro and 30.7% for o1.
  • o1 is cheaper at $15 / $60 per million input/output tokens, against $21 / $168 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
  • GPT-5.2 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Pro and o1 specifications
GPT-5.2 Proo1
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index52.340.9
Released2025-12-112024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K200K
Max output128K100K
Input $ / M tokens$21$15
Output $ / M tokens$168$60
Results tracked852

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1
Aider Polyglot—61.7%
WeirdML—47.6%
LiveBench Coding—69.7%
LMArena Coding—1367
CadEval—56%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1
Cybench—10%
METR Time Horizons—51.1%

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1
SimpleBench57.4%41.7%
ARC-AGI-190.5%30.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.4141.91
ARC-AGI-254.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%—
Chess Puzzles—15%
EnigmaEval—5.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—91.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1371
DTBench—74.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65.5%
LMCA—22.3%
LiveBench—75.7%

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1
GPQA Diamond—76.8%
Humanity's Last Exam—8%
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%
Confabulations—11.7%
LMArena Expert—1361

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1
LMArena Vision—1168
GeoBench—80%
VPCT—37%
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1
LMArena Non-English—1358
LMArena Chinese—1394
LMArena French—1344
LMArena German—1337
LMArena Japanese—1346
LMArena Korean—1396
LMArena Russian—1356
LMArena Spanish—1345

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.5%
LMArena Instruction Following—1367

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
LMArena Longer Query—1378

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1
LMArena Text—1366
LMArena Creative Writing—1348
Short-Story Creative Writing—70.2%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1369
LiveBench Language—65.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than o1?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index. o1 costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Pro or o1?

o1 is cheaper. It lists at $15 per million input tokens and $60 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro lists at $21 and $168.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and o1 share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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