GPT-5.4 Pro vs DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 75. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 57.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 45.

GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

71.8

99
MMLU
87
99
GPQA
85
97
SuperGPQA
83
94
OpenBookQA
81
94
MMLU-Pro
73
50
HLE
22

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

57.3

95
HumanEval
79
86
SWE-bench Verified
48
86
LiveCodeBench
45

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

85.8

99
AIME 2023
87
99
AIME 2024
89
99
AIME 2025
88
96
HMMT Feb 2023
83
98
HMMT Feb 2024
85
97
HMMT Feb 2025
84
97
BRUMO 2025
86
99
MATH-500
84

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

83.3

97
SimpleQA
83
95
MuSR
81
98
BBH
86

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

85

97
IFEval
85

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

84

97
MGSM
84

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 75. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 45.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 71.8. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 57.3. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 85.8. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 83.3. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 85. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 84. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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