Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs Qwen2-72B

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.2 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.2

Rank #34 Reported

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2-72B in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 64.8 to 27.9.
  • Qwen2-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Pro and Qwen2-72B specifications
GPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index52.229.5
Released2025-12-112024-06-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$21—
Output $ / M tokens$168—
Results tracked826

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
LMArena Coding—1196
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.8 (#31), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
Epoch Capabilities Index155.41125.27
ARC-AGI-254.2%—
SimpleBench57.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1191

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 64.8 (#23), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74%—
FrontierMath Tier 446%—
LMArena Math—1235
MATH Level 5—39.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)31.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
LMArena Expert—1171
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English—1176
LMArena Chinese—1240
LMArena French—1169
LMArena German—1151
LMArena Japanese—1111
LMArena Korean—1083
LMArena Russian—1169
LMArena Spanish—1168

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following—1181

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query—1193

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen2-72B
LMArena Text—1203
LMArena Creative Writing—1181
LMArena Multi-Turn—1195

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than Qwen2-72B?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.2 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and Qwen2-72B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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