GPT-5.2 Pro vs DBRX Instruct

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 37. 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 multimodal & grounded, where it averages 96 against 35.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OfficeQA Pro, 96 to 35.

GPT-5.2 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $25.00 input / $150.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for DBRX Instruct. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.2 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while DBRX Instruct is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.2 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 32K for DBRX Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DBRX Instruct only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

85.9

DBRX Instruct

34.3

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
41
88
BrowseComp
31
82
OSWorld-Verified
29

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

DBRX Instruct

48

93
HumanEval
70.1
83
SWE-bench Verified
Coming soon
81
LiveCodeBench
Coming soon
89
SWE-bench Pro
48

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

DBRX Instruct

35.6

96
MMMU-Pro
36
96
OfficeQA Pro
35

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

DBRX Instruct

36.4

97
SimpleQA
Coming soon
95
MuSR
Coming soon
98
BBH
Coming soon
93
LongBench v2
36
95
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

DBRX Instruct

52

99
MMLU
73.7
99
GPQA
Coming soon
97
SuperGPQA
Coming soon
95
OpenBookQA
Coming soon
90
MMLU-Pro
Coming soon
44
HLE
Coming soon
93
FrontierScience
52

Instruction Following

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

95
IFEval
Coming soon

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

DBRX Instruct

46

96
MGSM
Coming soon
92
MMLU-ProX
46

Mathematics

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

99
AIME 2023
Coming soon
99
AIME 2024
Coming soon
99
AIME 2025
Coming soon
96
HMMT Feb 2023
Coming soon
98
HMMT Feb 2024
Coming soon
97
HMMT Feb 2025
Coming soon
97
BRUMO 2025
Coming soon
99
MATH-500
Coming soon

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 37. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OfficeQA Pro, where the scores are 96 and 35.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 52. Inside this category, FrontierScience is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 48. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.2 Pro or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 36.4. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 34.3. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 35.6. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 46. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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