GPT-5.2 Pro vs Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

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 81. 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 60.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 89 to 63.

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 400K for GPT-5.2 Pro.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 2M context window.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

85.9

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

78.1

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
77
88
BrowseComp
87
82
OSWorld-Verified
73

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

60.3

93
HumanEval
91
83
SWE-bench Verified
58
81
LiveCodeBench
58
89
SWE-bench Pro
63

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

95

96
MMMU-Pro
95
96
OfficeQA Pro
95

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

94.5

97
SimpleQA
95
95
MuSR
93
98
BBH
95
93
LongBench v2
94
95
MRCRv2
96

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

74.7

99
MMLU
99
99
GPQA
97
97
SuperGPQA
95
95
OpenBookQA
93
90
MMLU-Pro
81
44
HLE
32
93
FrontierScience
88

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

89

95
IFEval
89

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

87.4

96
MGSM
92
92
MMLU-ProX
85

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

94.5

99
AIME 2023
99
99
AIME 2024
99
99
AIME 2025
98
96
HMMT Feb 2023
95
98
HMMT Feb 2024
97
97
HMMT Feb 2025
96
97
BRUMO 2025
96
99
MATH-500
92

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 81. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 89 and 63.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 74.7. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 60.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 94.5. 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 Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 94.5. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 78.1. 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 Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 95. 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 Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 89. 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 Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 87.4. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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