# GPT-5.2-Codex vs Grok 2 mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.2-Codex and Grok 2 mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-2-codex-vs-grok-2-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for GPT-5.2-Codex and Grok 2 mini.

## Summary

- GPT-5.2-Codex and Grok 2 mini do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.2-Codex | Grok 2 mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | Unknown |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 55.3 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.75 / $14.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 41.2 (Estimated · #61/124)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2-Codex | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 51.79% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 26.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 43.7 (Supported · #54/148)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2-Codex | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 37.91% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 72.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 82.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 76.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2-Codex | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 56.2 (Estimated · #53/181)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2-Codex | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 51% | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 72% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/128)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Can I compare GPT-5.2-Codex and Grok 2 mini on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-5.2-Codex vs Grok 2](/compare/gpt-5-2-codex-vs-grok-2)
- [Grok 2 mini vs Grok 2](/compare/grok-2-vs-grok-2-mini)
- [GPT-5.2-Codex vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-gpt-5-2-codex)
- [Grok 2 mini vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-grok-2-mini)

## Explore More

- [GPT-5.2-Codex profile](/models/gpt-5-2-codex)
- [Grok 2 mini profile](/models/grok-2-mini)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)