GPT-5.2 Instant vs Nemotron-4 15B

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

GPT-5.2 Instant is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 85 to 47. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.2 Instant's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 75.5 against 26.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 74 to 22.

GPT-5.2 Instant is the reasoning model in the pair, while Nemotron-4 15B 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 Instant gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Nemotron-4 15B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Instant if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron-4 15B only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Instant

GPT-5.2 Instant

79.6

Nemotron-4 15B

41.3

83
Terminal-Bench 2.0
37
82
BrowseComp
47
74
OSWorld-Verified
42

Coding

GPT-5.2 Instant

GPT-5.2 Instant

75.5

Nemotron-4 15B

26.5

87
HumanEval
46
75
SWE-bench Verified
31
74
LiveCodeBench
22
77
SWE-bench Pro
30

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Instant

GPT-5.2 Instant

93.1

Nemotron-4 15B

49.6

94
MMMU-Pro
46
92
OfficeQA Pro
54

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Instant

GPT-5.2 Instant

90.9

Nemotron-4 15B

53.4

95
SimpleQA
52
93
MuSR
50
96
BBH
73
89
LongBench v2
52
84
MRCRv2
51

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Instant

GPT-5.2 Instant

79.8

Nemotron-4 15B

42.6

98
MMLU
54
97
GPQA
53
95
SuperGPQA
51
93
OpenBookQA
49
88
MMLU-Pro
63
43
HLE
5
91
FrontierScience
50

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Instant

GPT-5.2 Instant

95

Nemotron-4 15B

79

95
IFEval
79

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Instant

GPT-5.2 Instant

94.4

Nemotron-4 15B

72.4

95
MGSM
75
94
MMLU-ProX
71

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Instant

GPT-5.2 Instant

97.2

Nemotron-4 15B

61.1

99
AIME 2023
54
99
AIME 2024
56
98
AIME 2025
55
95
HMMT Feb 2023
50
97
HMMT Feb 2024
52
96
HMMT Feb 2025
51
96
BRUMO 2025
53
98
MATH-500
71

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Instant or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.2 Instant is ahead overall, 85 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 74 and 22.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Instant or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.2 Instant has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.8 versus 42.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Instant or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.2 Instant has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 75.5 versus 26.5. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.2 Instant or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.2 Instant has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.2 versus 61.1. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.2 Instant or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.2 Instant has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 90.9 versus 53.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.2 Instant or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.2 Instant has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.6 versus 41.3. 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 Instant or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.2 Instant has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.1 versus 49.6. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.2 Instant or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.2 Instant has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 79. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.2 Instant or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.2 Instant has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.4 versus 72.4. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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