GPT-5.2 Pro vs GPT-5.2 Instant

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

Sibling matchup inside the GPT-5.2 family.

GPT-5.2 Pro and GPT-5.2 Instant sit in the same GPT-5.2 family. This page is less about two unrelated model lineages and more about how the siblings trade off on benchmark shape, token costs, and practical limits like context window.

GPT-5.2 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 90 to 85. 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 75.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 89 to 77. GPT-5.2 Instant does hit back in multilingual, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-5.2 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $25.00 input / $150.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.50 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5.2 Instant. That is roughly 25.0x on output cost alone. GPT-5.2 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 128K for GPT-5.2 Instant.

Quick Verdict

GPT-5.2 Pro makes more sense if coding is the priority or you need the larger 400K context window, while GPT-5.2 Instant is the cleaner fit if multilingual is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

85.9

GPT-5.2 Instant

79.6

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
83
88
BrowseComp
82
82
OSWorld-Verified
74

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

GPT-5.2 Instant

75.5

93
HumanEval
87
83
SWE-bench Verified
75
81
LiveCodeBench
74
89
SWE-bench Pro
77

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

GPT-5.2 Instant

93.1

96
MMMU-Pro
94
96
OfficeQA Pro
92

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

GPT-5.2 Instant

90.9

97
SimpleQA
95
95
MuSR
93
98
BBH
96
93
LongBench v2
89
95
MRCRv2
84

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

GPT-5.2 Instant

79.8

99
MMLU
98
99
GPQA
97
97
SuperGPQA
95
95
OpenBookQA
93
90
MMLU-Pro
88
44
HLE
43
93
FrontierScience
91

Instruction Following

Tie

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

GPT-5.2 Instant

95

95
IFEval
95

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Instant

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

GPT-5.2 Instant

94.4

96
MGSM
95
92
MMLU-ProX
94

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

GPT-5.2 Instant

97.2

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
98

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or GPT-5.2 Instant?

GPT-5.2 Pro and GPT-5.2 Instant are sibling variants in the GPT-5.2 family, so the right pick depends on whether you value the better benchmark line, cheaper tokens, or the larger context window. GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall 90 to 85.

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

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 79.8. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 75.5. 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 GPT-5.2 Instant?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 97.2. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 90.9. 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 GPT-5.2 Instant?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 79.6. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

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 GPT-5.2 Instant?

GPT-5.2 Pro and GPT-5.2 Instant are effectively tied for instruction following here, both landing at 95 on average.

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

GPT-5.2 Instant has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.4 versus 93.4. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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