# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-5.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-5.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-gpt-5-2
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Sonnet 4.6 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.2 leads overall 59.86 to 55.89.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 48 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 92.6 for GPT-5.2.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld-Verified in Agentic, with scores of 72.1% and 47.3%.
- GPT-5.2 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.2 also has the larger context window at 400K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 400K |
| Overall Score | 55.89 | 59.86 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 31 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $1.75 / $14.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.3 (Supported · #55/128)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 44.4 (Supported · #58/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | 47.3% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | 46.54% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | 34.3% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 44.7 (Supported · #54/150)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 36.8 (Supported · #73/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | 80% | GPT-5.2 |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | 53.50% | GPT-5.2 |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 62.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 64.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 58.3% | 52.9% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.00% | 86.17% | GPT-5.2 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 58.7 (#45/54)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 75.9 (#22/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | 82.1% | GPT-5.2 |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 83.0% | Coming soon |
| We-Math | Coming soon | 79.0% | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 55.8% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 92.2% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 59.8% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 75.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.2
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #58/184)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #50/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | 92.4% | GPT-5.2 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48 (#99/148)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 92.6 (#19/148)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 71.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 100% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 67.400% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 31.700% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-5.2?

GPT-5.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-5.2?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 48 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 92.6 for GPT-5.2.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.2 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.2 currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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