GPT-5.2 Pro vs Grok 3 [Beta]

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 38. 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 16.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 81 to 11.

GPT-5.2 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Grok 3 [Beta] 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 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 128K for Grok 3 [Beta].

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 [Beta] only becomes the better choice if 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

Grok 3 [Beta]

35.7

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
32
88
BrowseComp
41
82
OSWorld-Verified
36

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

Grok 3 [Beta]

16.3

93
HumanEval
34
83
SWE-bench Verified
19
81
LiveCodeBench
11
89
SWE-bench Pro
21

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

Grok 3 [Beta]

43.2

96
MMMU-Pro
40
96
OfficeQA Pro
47

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

Grok 3 [Beta]

47.4

97
SimpleQA
40
95
MuSR
38
98
BBH
62
93
LongBench v2
53
95
MRCRv2
52

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

Grok 3 [Beta]

34

99
MMLU
42
99
GPQA
41
97
SuperGPQA
39
95
OpenBookQA
37
90
MMLU-Pro
53
44
HLE
3
93
FrontierScience
40

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

Grok 3 [Beta]

67

95
IFEval
67

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

Grok 3 [Beta]

58.7

96
MGSM
60
92
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

Grok 3 [Beta]

49.1

99
AIME 2023
42
99
AIME 2024
44
99
AIME 2025
43
96
HMMT Feb 2023
38
98
HMMT Feb 2024
40
97
HMMT Feb 2025
39
97
BRUMO 2025
41
99
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or Grok 3 [Beta]?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 81 and 11.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Grok 3 [Beta]?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 34. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or Grok 3 [Beta]?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 16.3. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.2 Pro or Grok 3 [Beta]?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 49.1. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.2 Pro or Grok 3 [Beta]?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 47.4. 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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 35.7. 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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 43.2. 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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 67. 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 Grok 3 [Beta]?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 58.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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