# Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs GPT-5.2-Codex

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and GPT-5.2-Codex across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-5-vs-gpt-5-2-codex
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.5 and GPT-5.2-Codex share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GPT-5.2-Codex has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-5.2-Codex has the larger published context window at 400K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | GPT-5.2-Codex |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 400K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 47.96 | 55.3 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $1.75 / $14.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 35.1 (Estimated · #81/128)
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 40.8 (Estimated · #64/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | GPT-5.2-Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 17.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 48.51% | 51.79% | GPT-5.2-Codex |
| JobBench | 27.7% | 26.0% | Claude Sonnet 4.5 |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #56/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | GPT-5.2-Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 37.91% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 22.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 82.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | GPT-5.2-Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 13.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 76.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 56.4 (Estimated · #54/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | GPT-5.2-Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/148)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 36.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | GPT-5.2-Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 23.860% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.439% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.5 and GPT-5.2-Codex?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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