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GPT-5.2 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.8
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Winner summary
Claude Opus 4.8 wins on 3/4 benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.8 wins 3 of 4 shared benchmarks. Leads in reasoning.
Category leads
reasoning·Claude Opus 4.8math·GPT-5.2 Pro
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5.2 Pro
#77 by perf·no signal
Claude Opus 4.8
#47 by perf·no signal
Best value
Claude Opus 4.8
6.9x better value than GPT-5.2 Pro
GPT-5.2 Pro
0.6 pts/$
$94.50/M
Claude Opus 4.8
4.1 pts/$
$15.00/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
4 benchmarks · 2 models
GPT-5.2 ProClaude Opus 4.8
ARC-AGI
Claude Opus 4.8 leads by +2.0
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
GPT-5.2 Pro
90.5
Claude Opus 4.8
92.5
ARC-AGI-2
Claude Opus 4.8 leads by +17.9
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
GPT-5.2 Pro
54.2
Claude Opus 4.8
72.1
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
GPT-5.2 Pro leads by +0.1
FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning.
GPT-5.2 Pro
31.3
Claude Opus 4.8
31.3
SimpleBench
Claude Opus 4.8 leads by +8.9
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
GPT-5.2 Pro
48.9
Claude Opus 4.8
57.8
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 Pro | Claude Opus 4.8 |
|---|---|---|
ARC-AGI ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization. | 90.5 | 92.5 |
ARC-AGI-2 ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data. | 54.2 | 72.1 |
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning. | 31.3 | 31.3 |
SimpleBench SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking. | 48.9 | 57.8 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21.00 | $168.00 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $577.50 | |
| $5.00 | $25.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $100.00 |