Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Olmo 3 32b Think

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 leads 50.2 to 25.9.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
GPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.138.7
Released2025-12-11—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6714

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding14471319
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1416—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14451302
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert14451273
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14251255
LMArena Chinese14601300
LMArena French14551291
LMArena German14481290
LMArena Russian14401254
LMArena Japanese1420—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14171275

Long Context GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14281296
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text14391300
LMArena Creative Writing14011256
LMArena Multi-Turn14581290
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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