Coding
Like-for-like- GPT-5.2
- 47.3
- Supported · #91/183
- Trinity-Large-Thinking
- 28.1
- Supported · #172/183
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 3 vs 1 public rows
- Reading
- GPT-5.2 leads
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Follow model changesUpdated September 4, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
GPT-5.2 has the higher public score estimate, 65.45 versus 47.12, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.
1 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
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Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 leads on the public coding lane, 47.3 to 28.1, with Supported evidence for both models and non-overlapping 90% intervals.
Confidence: stronger
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Trinity-Large-Thinking has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. GPT-5.2 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Trinity-Large-Thinking has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Confidence: rate-fallback
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
Trinity-Large-Thinking is scored on Estimated evidence for agentic, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.
Confidence: limited
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
3 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
| Category | GPT-5.2 | Trinity-Large-Thinking | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 47.3Supported · #91/183 | 28.1Supported · #172/183 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign lane · 3 vs 1 public rows | GPT-5.2 leads |
| Agentic | 43.0Supported · #108/151 | 41.3Estimated · #117/151 | Directional onlyBenchAlign lane · 4 vs 1 public rows | Directional only |
| Knowledge | 62.0Supported · #30/181 | 44.1Estimated · #121/181 | Directional onlyBenchAlign lane · 1 vs 2 public rows | Directional only |
| Instruction following | 92.3#14/120 | 67.5#64/120 | Directional onlyProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Directional only |
| Reasoning | 53.8Unranked · 3 rankable rows | 48.6Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 1 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 57.5Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | 66.3#23/48 | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
A shared-evidence shape is not available.
BenchLM does not draw a radar or infer missing axes when the matched evidence is too sparse.
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Trinity-Large-Thinking has the lower modeled cost
GPT-5.2 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Trinity-Large-Thinking has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
GPT-5.2
400K
Trinity-Large-Thinking
512K
GPT-5.2
Not sourced
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Not sourced
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
GPT-5.2
Not published
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Not published
GPT-5.2
Not sourced
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Not sourced
GPT-5.2
Not sourced
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Not sourced
GPT-5.2
Not sourced
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Not sourced
GPT-5.2
Reasoning
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Reasoning
GPT-5.2
Proprietary
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Open Weight
GPT-5.2
Proprietary
Trinity-Large-Thinking
Open Weight
GPT-5.2
2025-12-11
Trinity-Large-Thinking
2026-03-10
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
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OSWorld-Verified
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Gert Labs
Shared sourceGPT-5.2 leads this result
JobBench
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SWE-bench Verified
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SWE-bench Pro
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Vibe Code Bench
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SWE-bench Verified*
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ARC-AGI-2
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GPT-5.2 has the higher public score estimate, 65.45 versus 47.12, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.
GPT-5.2 leads the public coding lane, 47.3 to 28.1, with Supported evidence for both models and non-overlapping 90% intervals.
GPT-5.2 scores higher for agentic tasks on the public lane, 43 to 41.3. Trinity-Large-Thinking is scored on Estimated evidence for agentic tasks, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for agentic tasks from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.
For the stated presets, chat costs $0.00875 on GPT-5.2 and $0.0007 on Trinity-Large-Thinking; repository review costs $0.1295 and $0.0152; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.525 and $0.064. GPT-5.2 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Trinity-Large-Thinking has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Trinity-Large-Thinking has the larger documented context window: 512K, compared with 400K.
Last updated September 4, 2026
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