GPT-5.2 Pro vs Gemini 3 Pro

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 77. 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 54.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 81 to 49.

GPT-5.2 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Gemini 3 Pro 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. Gemini 3 Pro 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 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 2M context window 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

Gemini 3 Pro

71.1

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
68
88
BrowseComp
83
82
OSWorld-Verified
66

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

Gemini 3 Pro

54.1

93
HumanEval
91
83
SWE-bench Verified
59
81
LiveCodeBench
49
89
SWE-bench Pro
58

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

Gemini 3 Pro

93.1

96
MMMU-Pro
94
96
OfficeQA Pro
92

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

Gemini 3 Pro

91.2

97
SimpleQA
95
95
MuSR
93
98
BBH
90
93
LongBench v2
90
95
MRCRv2
87

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

Gemini 3 Pro

71.8

99
MMLU
99
99
GPQA
97
97
SuperGPQA
95
95
OpenBookQA
93
90
MMLU-Pro
83
44
HLE
20
93
FrontierScience
86

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

Gemini 3 Pro

88

95
IFEval
88

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

Gemini 3 Pro

86.4

96
MGSM
89
92
MMLU-ProX
85

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

Gemini 3 Pro

94.1

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
91

Frequently Asked Questions

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

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 77. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 81 and 49.

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

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 71.8. 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?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 54.1. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 94.1. 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 Gemini 3 Pro?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 91.2. 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?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 71.1. 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?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 93.1. Inside this category, OfficeQA 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?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 88. 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?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 86.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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