GPT-5.2 Pro vs GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

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

GPT-5.2 Pro has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 90 versus 87. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-5.2 Pro's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 96 against 88.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 96 to 86.

GPT-5.2 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $25.00 input / $150.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark. That is roughly 18.8x on output cost alone. GPT-5.2 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 256K for GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

85.9

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

85.6

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
90
88
BrowseComp
82
82
OSWorld-Verified
83

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

93
HumanEval
91
83
SWE-bench Verified
80
81
LiveCodeBench
80
89
SWE-bench Pro
85

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

96
MMMU-Pro
86
96
OfficeQA Pro
91

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

97
SimpleQA
94
95
MuSR
92
98
BBH
97
93
LongBench v2
91
95
MRCRv2
92

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

99
MMLU
97
99
GPQA
95
97
SuperGPQA
93
95
OpenBookQA
91
90
MMLU-Pro
88
44
HLE
42
93
FrontierScience
88

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

95
IFEval
92

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

96
MGSM
94
92
MMLU-ProX
89

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

99
AIME 2023
98
99
AIME 2024
98
99
AIME 2025
97
96
HMMT Feb 2023
94
98
HMMT Feb 2024
96
97
HMMT Feb 2025
95
97
BRUMO 2025
95
99
MATH-500
98

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 87. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 96 and 86.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 78.3. Inside this category, FrontierScience is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 82.3. 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 GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 96.7. 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-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 92.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 85.6. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 88.3. 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 GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 92. 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 GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 90.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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