# GPT-5.2-Codex vs Sakana Fugu

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-2-codex-vs-sakana-fugu
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for GPT-5.2-Codex and Sakana Fugu.

## Summary

- GPT-5.2-Codex and Sakana Fugu 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 | Sakana Fugu |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Sakana AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 50.15 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.75 / $14.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 34.2 (Estimated · #57/105)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2-Codex | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 51.79% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 26.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #43/135)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2-Codex | Sakana Fugu | 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 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 78.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 70.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2-Codex | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 72.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 68.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2-Codex | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 85.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 52 (Estimated · #54/158)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2-Codex | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 92.4 (#3/124)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Can I compare GPT-5.2-Codex and Sakana Fugu 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.

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## Explore More

- [GPT-5.2-Codex profile](/models/gpt-5-2-codex)
- [Sakana Fugu profile](/models/sakana-fugu)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)