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GPT-5 vs GPT-5 Pro
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Winner summary
GPT-5 Pro wins on 6/8 benchmarks
GPT-5 Pro wins 6 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in reasoning · math · knowledge.
Category leads
reasoning·GPT-5 Promath·GPT-5 Proknowledge·GPT-5 Procoding·GPT-5
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5
#72 by perf·no signal
GPT-5 Pro
#122 by perf·no signal
Best value
GPT-5
15.1x better value than GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5
9.7 pts/$
$5.63/M
GPT-5 Pro
0.6 pts/$
$67.50/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
GPT-5GPT-5 Pro
ARC-AGI
GPT-5 Pro leads by +4.5
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
GPT-5
65.7
GPT-5 Pro
70.2
ARC-AGI-2
GPT-5 Pro leads by +8.5
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
9.9
GPT-5 Pro
18.3
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
GPT-5 Pro leads by +2.1
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
12.5
GPT-5 Pro
14.6
HLE
GPT-5 Pro leads by +6.6
HLE (Humanity's Last Exam) · crowdsourced expert-level questions designed to be among the hardest possible challenges for AI systems across all domains.
GPT-5
21.6
GPT-5 Pro
28.2
Professional Reasoning · Finance
GPT-5 leads by +0.3
GPT-5
51.3
GPT-5 Pro
51.1
Professional Reasoning · Legal
GPT-5 Pro leads by +0.9
GPT-5
49.0
GPT-5 Pro
49.9
SimpleBench
GPT-5 Pro leads by +5.9
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
GPT-5
48.0
GPT-5 Pro
53.9
WeirdML
GPT-5 leads by +0.3
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
GPT-5
60.7
GPT-5 Pro
60.4
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
ARC-AGI ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization. | 65.7 | 70.2 |
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. | 9.9 | 18.3 |
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. | 12.5 | 14.6 |
HLE HLE (Humanity's Last Exam) · crowdsourced expert-level questions designed to be among the hardest possible challenges for AI systems across all domains. | 21.6 | 28.2 |
Professional Reasoning · Finance | 51.3 | 51.1 |
Professional Reasoning · Legal | 49.0 | 49.9 |
SimpleBench SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking. | 48.0 | 53.9 |
WeirdML WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns. | 60.7 | 60.4 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens