Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs GPT-5.3 Chat

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

GPT-5.3 Chat OpenAI

42.8

Rank #109 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and GPT-5.3 Chat in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 leads 60.0 to 38.2.
  • Both cost about the same: $1.75 input and $14 output per million tokens.
  • GPT-5.2 accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.3 Chat specifications
GPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index54.142.8
Released2025-12-112026-03-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K128K
Max output128K16K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$1.75
Output $ / M tokens$14$14
Results tracked6718

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), GPT-5.3 Chat: 41.4 (#124)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Coding14471408
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1416—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), GPT-5.3 Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
Terminal-Bench64.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.9%—
GDPval49.7%—
Remote Labor Index2.5%—
τ²-bench Airline83%—
τ²-bench Banking32.2%—
τ²-bench Retail81.6%—
τ²-bench Telecom89.7%—
DeepResearch Bench41.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons75.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,591—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 50.2 (#35), GPT-5.3 Chat: 28.5 (#102)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts14451399
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
SimpleBench45.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.2 (#142)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.8 (#140)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Expert14451397
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), GPT-5.3 Chat: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), GPT-5.3 Chat: 50.3 (#124)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Non-English14251382
LMArena Chinese14601432
LMArena French14551397
LMArena German14481384
LMArena Japanese14201352
LMArena Korean13921346
LMArena Russian14401400
LMArena Spanish14331371

Instruction Following GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), GPT-5.3 Chat: 72.8 (#129)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Instruction Following14171378

Long Context GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), GPT-5.3 Chat: 42.6 (#120)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Longer Query14281396
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), GPT-5.3 Chat: 63.1 (#68)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5.3 Chat
LMArena Text14391389
LMArena Creative Writing14011355
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17031690
LMArena Multi-Turn14581412

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than GPT-5.3 Chat?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 or GPT-5.3 Chat?

GPT-5.3 Chat is cheaper. It lists at $1.75 per million input tokens and $14 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 lists at $1.75 and $14.

Is GPT-5.2 or GPT-5.3 Chat better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 41.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 does, with 400K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.3 Chat share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.3 Chat has 18.

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