Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Grok 4.1

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

Grok 4.1 xAI

41.5

Rank #134 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 9 categories and Grok 4.1 in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 leads 60.0 to 38.9.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Grok 4.1 specifications
GPT-5.2Grok 4.1
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index54.141.5
Released2025-12-112025-11-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6719

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok 4.1
LMArena WebDev14161214
LMArena Coding14471445
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok 4.1
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%—
Cybench—39%
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 4.1: 29.5 (#91)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok 4.1
LMArena Hard Prompts14451435
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), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok 4.1
LMArena Expert14451417
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), Grok 4.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok 4.1
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok 4.1
LMArena Non-English14251425
LMArena Chinese14601465
LMArena French14551448
LMArena German14481446
LMArena Japanese14201397
LMArena Korean13921407
LMArena Russian14401434
LMArena Spanish14331438

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok 4.1
LMArena Instruction Following14171400

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok 4.1
LMArena Longer Query14281416
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Grok 4.1
LMArena Text14391437
LMArena Creative Writing14011411
LMArena Multi-Turn14581437
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Grok 4.1?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Grok 4.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.

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