Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
GPT-5.2 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 90 to 44. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
GPT-5.2 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 84.8 against 21.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 81 to 15.
GPT-5.2 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 200K for Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking.
Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
GPT-5.2 Pro
85.9
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking
46.7
GPT-5.2 Pro
84.8
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking
21.8
GPT-5.2 Pro
96
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking
59.3
GPT-5.2 Pro
95.2
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking
49.4
GPT-5.2 Pro
81.5
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking
34.3
GPT-5.2 Pro
95
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking
66
GPT-5.2 Pro
93.4
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking
58.7
GPT-5.2 Pro
98.2
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking
48.3
GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 44. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 81 and 15.
GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 34.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 21.8. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 48.3. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 49.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 46.7. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 59.3. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 66. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 58.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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