Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs GPT-5 Pro

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 46.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

GPT-5 Pro OpenAI

46.4

Rank #64 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 4 categories and GPT-5 Pro in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 leads 60.0 to 48.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 52.9% for GPT-5.2 and 18.3% for GPT-5 Pro.
  • GPT-5.2 is cheaper at $1.75 / $14 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $120 for GPT-5 Pro.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and GPT-5 Pro specifications
GPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index54.146.4
Released2025-12-112025-10-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K400K
Max output128K272K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$15
Output $ / M tokens$14$120
Results tracked6712

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), GPT-5 Pro: 44.0 (#80)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
WeirdML72.2%60.4%
AlgoTune2.051.31
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1416—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench1,294—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), GPT-5 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
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 Pro: 38.9 (#62)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
ARC-AGI-252.9%18.3%
SimpleBench45.8%61.6%
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%76.8%
ARC-AGI-186.2%70.2%
EnigmaEval10.4%18.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45150.28
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EBR-Bench23%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1445—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), GPT-5 Pro: 48.5 (#63)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), GPT-5 Pro: 56.7 (#42)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%31.6%
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—
LMArena Expert1445—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), GPT-5 Pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), GPT-5 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
LMArena Non-English1425—
LMArena Chinese1460—
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1448—
LMArena Japanese1420—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Russian1440—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), GPT-5 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following1417—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), GPT-5 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
CL-bench18.2%—
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), GPT-5 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2GPT-5 Pro
LMArena Text1439—
LMArena Creative Writing1401—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—
LMArena Multi-Turn1458—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than GPT-5 Pro?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 46.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 or GPT-5 Pro?

GPT-5.2 is cheaper. It lists at $1.75 per million input tokens and $14 per million output tokens; GPT-5 Pro lists at $15 and $120.

Is GPT-5.2 or GPT-5 Pro better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 400K tokens.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and GPT-5 Pro share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5 Pro has 12.

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