GPT-5.2 Pro vs DeepSeek V3.2

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 64. 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 43.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 81 to 39.

GPT-5.2 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek V3.2 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 128K for DeepSeek V3.2.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3.2 only becomes the better choice if 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

DeepSeek V3.2

58.8

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
60
88
BrowseComp
62
82
OSWorld-Verified
55

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

DeepSeek V3.2

43.2

93
HumanEval
76
83
SWE-bench Verified
45
81
LiveCodeBench
39
89
SWE-bench Pro
47

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

DeepSeek V3.2

66

96
MMMU-Pro
61
96
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

DeepSeek V3.2

75.3

97
SimpleQA
81
95
MuSR
79
98
BBH
81
93
LongBench v2
69
95
MRCRv2
70

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

DeepSeek V3.2

60

99
MMLU
84
99
GPQA
83
97
SuperGPQA
81
95
OpenBookQA
79
90
MMLU-Pro
73
44
HLE
11
93
FrontierScience
72

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

DeepSeek V3.2

85

95
IFEval
85

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

DeepSeek V3.2

82.1

96
MGSM
84
92
MMLU-ProX
81

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

DeepSeek V3.2

82.1

99
AIME 2023
84
99
AIME 2024
86
99
AIME 2025
85
96
HMMT Feb 2023
80
98
HMMT Feb 2024
82
97
HMMT Feb 2025
81
97
BRUMO 2025
83
99
MATH-500
81

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 81 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 60. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 43.2. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.2 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 82.1. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.2 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 75.3. 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 DeepSeek V3.2?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 58.8. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 66. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.2 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 85. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or DeepSeek V3.2?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 82.1. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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