# dots3-note Preview vs GPT-5.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and GPT-5.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-gpt-5-2
- Last updated: September 22, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. dots3-note Preview 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 65.23 to 63.08.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 68.3 for dots3-note Preview and 53.7 for GPT-5.2.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2 in Reasoning, with scores of 81.4% and 52.9%.
- dots3-note Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- dots3-note Preview also has the larger context window at 512K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 512K | 400K |
| Overall Score | 63.08 | 65.23 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 15 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.75 / $14.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 58.5 (Estimated · #32/157)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 48.2 (Supported · #75/157)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | 65.8% | dots3-note Preview |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 47.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 46.54% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 34.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 57 (Estimated · #35/159)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 46.2 (Supported · #87/159)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | 80% | GPT-5.2 |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | 55.6% | dots3-note Preview |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 53.50% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 68.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 53.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | 52.9% | dots3-note Preview |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 66.2 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 66.3 (#23/50)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | 79.5% | GPT-5.2 |
| MathVision | 87.7% | 83.0% | dots3-note Preview |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 75.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 57.6 (Estimated · #46/189)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 61.8 (Supported · #32/189)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 85.2 (#37/124)
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 91.2 (#15/124)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 57.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 40.700% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 18.800% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or GPT-5.2?

GPT-5.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and GPT-5.2?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 68.3 for dots3-note Preview and 53.7 for GPT-5.2.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

GPT-5.2 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [GPT-5.2 vs GPT-5.2 Instant](/compare/gpt-5-2-vs-gpt-5-2-instant)

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