Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT-5.2
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in 6 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).
Claude Opus 4.8
It used to be. Was SOTA in Coding › Web dev.
GPT-5.2
#14 Best current rank: #14 in Math, as of Oct 14, 2026.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.8 | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #20 · #20 in General LLM Margin 13.605442176870753 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #74 · #74 in General LLM Margin 50.34013605442177 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #10 · #10 in Reasoning Margin 7.534246575342465 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #70 · #70 in Reasoning Margin 48.63013698630137 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #14 · #14 in Math Margin 28.888888888888886 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 11, 2025 |
| Science | #27 · #27 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · May 28, 2026 | #26 · #26 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 11, 2025 |
| Coding | #12 · #12 in Coding Margin 59.09090909090909 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 11, 2025 |
| Coding › Agentic | #12 · #12 in Coding › Agentic Margin 59.09090909090909 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | — |
| Coding › Web dev | #33 · Was SOTA · Coding › Web dev Margin 29.90654205607477 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #67 · #67 in Coding › Web dev Margin 61.6822429906542 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Long context | #10 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 6.802721088435391 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #80 · #80 in Long context Margin 54.42176870748299 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #13 · #13 in Vision Margin 36.842105263157904 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · May 28, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 |
| Factuality | #21 · #21 in Factuality Margin 16.417910447761187 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #65 · #65 in Factuality Margin 49.25373134328358 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #12 · #12 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · May 28, 2026 | #24 · #24 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 11, 2025 |
Claude Opus 4.8: $10 per 1M blended tokens.
GPT-5.2: $4.8125 per 1M blended tokens.
Claude Opus 4.8: closed weights.
GPT-5.2: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in General LLM at #20 against #74.
Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Reasoning at #10 against #70.
Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.2 leads Claude Opus 4.8 in Science at #26 against #27.
Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Coding › Web dev at #33 against #67.
Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Long context at #10 against #80.
Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Factuality at #21 against #65.
Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Abstraction (ARC) at #12 against #24.
Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT-5.2?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in 6 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).
Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT-5.2 for General LLM?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in General LLM at #20 against #74.
Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT-5.2 for Reasoning?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads GPT-5.2 in Reasoning at #10 against #70.
Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT-5.2 for Science?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.2 leads Claude Opus 4.8 in Science at #26 against #27.