Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 leads 60.0 to 20.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 96.1% for GPT-5.2 and 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) specifications
GPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index54.133.7
Released2025-12-112024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6734

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
WeirdML72.2%22.2%
LMArena Coding14471287
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1416—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
LiveBench Coding—46.4%
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
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), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
SimpleBench45.8%22.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts14451272
DTBench90.9%65.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45130.48
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
LMCA43.9%—
ForecastBench60.1—
LiveBench—54.3%

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
GPQA Diamond91.4%53.8%
LMArena Expert14451254
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Confabulations—20.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English14251282
LMArena Chinese14601289
LMArena French14551318
LMArena German14481287
LMArena Japanese14201244
LMArena Korean13921237
LMArena Russian14401286
LMArena Spanish14331281

Instruction Following GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following14171270
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%

Long Context GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query14281276
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text14391305
LMArena Creative Writing14011284
LMArena Multi-Turn14581290
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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