Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Hy4 preview

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Hy4 preview costs 3.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

Hy4 preview Tencent

45.3

Rank #73 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 2 categories and Hy4 preview in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 leads 50.2 to 31.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 15% for GPT-5.2 and 75% for Hy4 preview.
  • Hy4 preview is cheaper at $0.83 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.2.
  • Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.
  • Hy4 preview has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Hy4 preview specifications
GPT-5.2Hy4 preview
ProviderOpenAITencent
Noometry Index54.145.3
Released2025-12-112026-08-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K1.05M
Max output128K64K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$0.83
Output $ / M tokens$14$2.50
Results tracked673

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), Hy4 preview: 51.6 (#38)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Hy4 preview
LMArena WebDev14161632
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), Hy4 preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Hy4 preview
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), Hy4 preview: 31.9 (#79)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Hy4 preview
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%68.2%
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
SimpleBench45.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1445—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), Hy4 preview: 55.7 (#42)

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), Hy4 preview: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Hy4 preview
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—
LMArena Expert1445—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), Hy4 preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Hy4 preview
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), Hy4 preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Hy4 preview
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), Hy4 preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Hy4 preview
LMArena Instruction Following1417—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), Hy4 preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Hy4 preview
CL-bench18.2%—
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), Hy4 preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Hy4 preview
LMArena Text1439—
LMArena Creative Writing1401—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—
LMArena Multi-Turn1458—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Hy4 preview?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Hy4 preview costs 3.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 or Hy4 preview?

Hy4 preview is cheaper. It lists at $0.83 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 lists at $1.75 and $14.

Is GPT-5.2 or Hy4 preview better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (51.6 vs 51.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Hy4 preview share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Hy4 preview has 3.

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