Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5.2 leads with 76.9% higher average benchmark score. Overall, GPT-5.2 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
GPT-5.2, released by OpenAI on December 11, 2025, is a large language model from the GPT-5 family that improves on GPT-5 in general intelligence, long-context understanding, agentic tool-calling, and vision. It features a 400K token context window, 128K maximum output tokens, and a knowledge cutoff of August 2025. GPT-5.2 targets long-context coding tasks, extended document analysis, and complex agentic workflows requiring reliable instruction following.
xAI
Grok 2, released by xAI in August 2024, is a large language model with 131K token context window and native image understanding, developed with access to real-time information from the X platform. It features multimodal input capabilities and improved reasoning over its predecessor. Grok 2 targets conversational assistants, image analysis, and real-time information retrieval tasks via the xAI API.
1 year newer

Grok 2
xAI
2024-08-14

GPT-5.2
OpenAI
2025-12-11
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
GPT-5.2
Grok 2
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
GPT-5.2
Grok 2
GPT-5.2
2025-08
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5.2
Grok 2
xAI
GPT-5.2
Grok 2
GPT-5.2
Grok 2