Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Palm 2

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #31 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

29.4

Rank #296 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.2 leads 67.0 to 25.7.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Palm 2 specifications
GPT-5.2Palm 2
ProviderOpenAIGoogle
Noometry Index54.129.4
Released2025-12-11—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6710

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 52.2 (#32), Palm 2: 28.5 (#306)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Palm 2
LMArena Coding1447995
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1415—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.0 (#24), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Palm 2
Terminal-Bench64.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.9%—
GDPval49.7%—
Remote Labor Index2.5%—
τ²-bench Airline83%—
τ²-bench Banking32.2%—
τ²-bench Retail81.6%—
τ²-bench Telecom89.7%—
DeepResearch Bench41.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons75.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,591—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 50.1 (#33), Palm 2: 18.2 (#270)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14451005
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
SimpleBench45.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.8 (#32), Palm 2: 28.4 (#229)

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 59.2 (#29), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Palm 2
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—
LMArena Expert1445—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 50.9 (#7), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Palm 2
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 53.6 (#63), Palm 2: 21.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1425916
LMArena Chinese1460887
LMArena French1456—
LMArena German1448—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1390—
LMArena Russian1440—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 74.9 (#83), Palm 2: 51.3 (#291)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14171010

Long Context GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#74), Palm 2: 30.7 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query14281010
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 67.0 (#30), Palm 2: 25.7 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Palm 2
LMArena Text14391027
LMArena Creative Writing1402991
LMArena Multi-Turn1458994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Palm 2?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Palm 2 better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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