Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs o3-pro

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

o3-pro OpenAI

42.9

Rank #105 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 3 categories and o3-pro in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.2 leads 59.3 to 29.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 52.9% for GPT-5.2 and 4.9% for o3-pro.
  • GPT-5.2 is cheaper at $1.75 / $14 per million input/output tokens, against $20 / $80 for o3-pro.
  • GPT-5.2 accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and o3-pro specifications
GPT-5.2o3-pro
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index54.142.9
Released2025-12-112025-06-10
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K200K
Max output128K100K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$20
Output $ / M tokens$14$80
Results tracked6712

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Category by category

Coding o3-pro leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), o3-pro: 55.5 (#24)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2o3-pro
WeirdML72.2%58.2%
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
Aider Polyglot—84.9%
LMArena WebDev1416—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), o3-pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2o3-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), o3-pro: 23.8 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2o3-pro
ARC-AGI-252.9%4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%72.1%
ARC-AGI-186.2%59.3%
DTBench90.9%86.9%
LMCA43.9%38.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45147.42
SimpleBench45.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1445—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), o3-pro: —

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), o3-pro: 29.5 (#238)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2o3-pro
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%23.3%
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Confabulations—14.2%
LMArena Expert1445—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), o3-pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2o3-pro
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), o3-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2o3-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), o3-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2o3-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1417—

Long Context o3-pro leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), o3-pro: 72.2 (#1)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2o3-pro
Fiction.LiveBench—97.2%
CL-bench18.2%—
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), o3-pro: 57.1 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2o3-pro
LMArena Text1439—
LMArena Creative Writing1401—
Short-Story Creative Writing—84.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—
LMArena Multi-Turn1458—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than o3-pro?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 or o3-pro?

GPT-5.2 is cheaper. It lists at $1.75 per million input tokens and $14 per million output tokens; o3-pro lists at $20 and $80.

Is GPT-5.2 or o3-pro better for coding?

o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 51.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 does, with 400K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and o3-pro share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and o3-pro has 12.

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