# GPT-5.2 vs Grok 4.20

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.2 and Grok 4.20 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-2-vs-grok-4-20-beta
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.20 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.2 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Grok 4.20 leads overall 67.13 to 64.88.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 66.3 for GPT-5.2 and 34.6 for Grok 4.20.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 53.50% and 4.06%.
- Grok 4.20 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Grok 4.20 also has the larger context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.2 | Grok 4.20 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 2M |
| Overall Score | 64.88 | 67.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.75 / $14.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GPT-5.2
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 42.9 (Supported · #104/152)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 26.7 (Supported · #145/152)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | 65.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 47.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 46.54% | 38.36% | GPT-5.2 |
| JobBench | 34.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 47.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 44.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GPT-5.2
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 46.4 (Supported · #81/151)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 28.2 (Supported · #141/151)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80% | 76.7% | GPT-5.2 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.6% | 51.8% | GPT-5.2 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 53.50% | 4.06% | GPT-5.2 |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: GPT-5.2
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 66.3 (#23/48)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.6 (#43/48)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.5% | 75.2% | GPT-5.2 |
| MathVision | 83.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.1% | 60.9% | GPT-5.2 |
| V* | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 57.4% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 53.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.9% | 53.3% | Grok 4.20 |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.2
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 61.7 (Supported · #30/183)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 49.4 (Supported · #85/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.6% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 20.3% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | Coming soon | 50.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 92.6 (#14/123)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 57.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 18.800% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.2 or Grok 4.20?

Grok 4.20 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.2 and Grok 4.20?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 66.3 for GPT-5.2 and 34.6 for Grok 4.20.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.20 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.20 currently has 23 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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