GPT-5.2 Pro vs Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

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 76. 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 multimodal & grounded, where it averages 96 against 74.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 96 to 72.

GPT-5.2 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 128K for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

85.9

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

73.1

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
75
88
BrowseComp
77
82
OSWorld-Verified
68

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

64.1

93
HumanEval
84
83
SWE-bench Verified
65
81
LiveCodeBench
58
89
SWE-bench Pro
70

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

74.3

96
MMMU-Pro
72
96
OfficeQA Pro
77

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

84.9

97
SimpleQA
88
95
MuSR
86
98
BBH
91
93
LongBench v2
82
95
MRCRv2
81

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

69.7

99
MMLU
92
99
GPQA
90
97
SuperGPQA
88
95
OpenBookQA
86
90
MMLU-Pro
81
44
HLE
27
93
FrontierScience
80

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

91

95
IFEval
91

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

86.7

96
MGSM
88
92
MMLU-ProX
86

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

92.6

99
AIME 2023
94
99
AIME 2024
96
99
AIME 2025
95
96
HMMT Feb 2023
90
98
HMMT Feb 2024
92
97
HMMT Feb 2025
91
97
BRUMO 2025
93
99
MATH-500
92

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 76. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 96 and 72.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 69.7. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 64.1. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.2 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 92.6. 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 Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 84.9. 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 Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 73.1. 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 Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 74.3. 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 Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 91. 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 Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 86.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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