# GPT-5.2 vs Beam

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-2-vs-reflection-beam
- Last updated: October 5, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-5.2 and Beam share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Beam has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-5.2 has the larger published context window at 400K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.2 | Beam |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Reflection AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | null |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 60.3 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.75 / $14.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 42.8 (Supported · #55/119)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | 65.8% | 77.4% | Beam |
| OSWorld-Verified | 47.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 46.54% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 34.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 78.7% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 38.2 (Supported · #66/144)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80% | 80.9% | Beam |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.6% | 65.5% | Beam |
| Vibe Code Bench | 53.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 44.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 34.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 49.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 60.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.17% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 67.3 (#22/49)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 83.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 57.7 (Supported · #47/171)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 90.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 36.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 91.2 (#15/125)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 57.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Beam public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | Beam | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 18.800% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-5.2 and Beam?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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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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