GPT-5.2 Pro vs Phi-4

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 42. 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 reasoning, where it averages 95.2 against 31.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LongBench v2, 93 to 30.

GPT-5.2 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $25.00 input / $150.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Phi-4. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.2 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Phi-4 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 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or 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

Phi-4

38.3

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
44
88
BrowseComp
35
82
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

Phi-4

55

93
HumanEval
82.6
83
SWE-bench Verified
Coming soon
81
LiveCodeBench
Coming soon
89
SWE-bench Pro
55

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

Phi-4

46.8

96
MMMU-Pro
54
96
OfficeQA Pro
38

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

Phi-4

31.3

97
SimpleQA
Coming soon
95
MuSR
Coming soon
98
BBH
Coming soon
93
LongBench v2
30
95
MRCRv2
33

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

Phi-4

53.8

99
MMLU
84.8
99
GPQA
56.1
97
SuperGPQA
Coming soon
95
OpenBookQA
Coming soon
90
MMLU-Pro
Coming soon
44
HLE
Coming soon
93
FrontierScience
52

Instruction Following

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

95
IFEval
Coming soon

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

Phi-4

67.2

96
MGSM
80.6
92
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

99
AIME 2023
Coming soon
99
AIME 2024
Coming soon
99
AIME 2025
Coming soon
96
HMMT Feb 2023
Coming soon
98
HMMT Feb 2024
Coming soon
97
HMMT Feb 2025
Coming soon
97
BRUMO 2025
Coming soon
99
MATH-500
Coming soon

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or Phi-4?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 42. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LongBench v2, where the scores are 93 and 30.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Phi-4?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 53.8. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or Phi-4?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 55. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.2 Pro or Phi-4?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 31.3. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Phi-4?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 38.3. 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 Phi-4?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 46.8. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or Phi-4?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 67.2. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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