Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs o3-pro

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index. o3-pro costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

o3-pro OpenAI

42.9

Rank #105 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 1 category and o3-pro in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 51.5 to 23.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 54.2% for GPT-5.2 Pro and 4.9% for o3-pro.
  • o3-pro is cheaper at $20 / $80 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 o3-pro specifications
GPT-5.2 Proo3-pro
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index52.342.9
Released2025-12-112025-06-10
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K200K
Max output128K100K
Input $ / M tokens$21$20
Output $ / M tokens$168$80
Results tracked812

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o3-pro: 55.5 (#24)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo3-pro
Aider Polyglot—84.9%
WeirdML—58.2%

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), o3-pro: 23.8 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo3-pro
ARC-AGI-254.2%4.9%
ARC-AGI-190.5%59.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.4147.42
SimpleBench57.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.1%
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%—
DTBench—86.9%
LMCA—38.5%

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), o3-pro: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo3-pro
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74%—
FrontierMath Tier 446%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)31.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o3-pro: 29.5 (#238)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo3-pro
Confabulations—14.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—23.3%

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o3-pro: 72.2 (#1)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo3-pro
Fiction.LiveBench—97.2%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, o3-pro: 57.1 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo3-pro
Short-Story Creative Writing—84.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than o3-pro?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index. o3-pro costs 1.6× 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 o3-pro?

o3-pro is cheaper. It lists at $20 per million input tokens and $80 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 o3-pro share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and o3-pro has 12.

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