Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.2
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in 7 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).
Claude Opus 5
Close. Near-SOTA in Factuality, rank #4.
GPT-5.2
#14 Best current rank: #14 in Math, as of Oct 14, 2026.
| Category | Claude Opus 5 | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #11 · Was SOTA · General LLM Margin 7.482993197278915 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #74 · #74 in General LLM Margin 50.34013605442177 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #9 · Was SOTA · Reasoning Margin 6.849315068493155 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 | #12 · #12 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 24, 2026 | #26 · #26 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 11, 2025 |
| Coding | #4 · #4 in Coding Margin 22.727272727272734 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 11, 2025 |
| Coding › Agentic | #4 · #4 in Coding › Agentic Margin 22.727272727272734 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | — |
| Coding › Web dev | #6 · Was SOTA · Coding › Web dev Margin 4.672897196261687 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #67 · #67 in Coding › Web dev Margin 61.6822429906542 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Long context | #9 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 6.122448979591837 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #80 · #80 in Long context Margin 54.42176870748299 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #12 · #12 in Vision Margin 36.8421052631579 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 24, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 |
| Factuality | #4 · Near-SOTA · Factuality Margin 3.731343283582092 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #65 · #65 in Factuality Margin 49.25373134328358 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #3 · #3 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 24, 2026 | #24 · #24 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 11, 2025 |
Claude Opus 5: $10 per 1M blended tokens.
GPT-5.2: $4.8125 per 1M blended tokens.
Claude Opus 5: closed weights.
GPT-5.2: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in General LLM at #11 against #74.
Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in Reasoning at #9 against #70.
Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in Science at #12 against #26.
Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in Coding › Web dev at #6 against #67.
Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in Long context at #9 against #80.
Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in Factuality at #4 against #65.
Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in Abstraction (ARC) at #3 against #24.
Claude Opus 5 or GPT-5.2?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in 7 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).
Claude Opus 5 or GPT-5.2 for General LLM?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in General LLM at #11 against #74.
Claude Opus 5 or GPT-5.2 for Reasoning?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in Reasoning at #9 against #70.
Claude Opus 5 or GPT-5.2 for Science?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Opus 5 leads GPT-5.2 in Science at #12 against #26.