Claude Sonnet 4vsGPT-5.2
Claude Sonnet 4 | GPT-5.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 30% | 38%Best |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 72.7% | 80%Best |
Abstract reasoning ARC-AGI-2Puzzle-style tests of abstract reasoning and pattern-finding — the kind of thing people find easy but AIs often struggle with. Higher is better. | — | 52.9% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 75.4% | 92.4%Best |
Community preference Arena Elo (Text)Real people chat with two anonymous AIs side by side and vote for the answer they prefer. Votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai — it measures which AI people actually like, not test scores. Higher is better. | — | 1476 |
Community preference (code) Arena Elo (Code)Like the text arena, but people vote on which AI writes better code. The votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai. Higher is better. | — | 1419 |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Release date | May 22 2025 | Dec 11 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or GPT-5.2?
GPT-5.2 leads Claude Sonnet 4 on 3 of the 3 benchmarks they both report (BullshitBench v2, SWE-Bench Verified, GPQA Diamond). Claude Sonnet 4 shipped 203 days before GPT-5.2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
On BullshitBench v2, GPT-5.2 leads at 38% vs Claude Sonnet 4 at 30%. On SWE-Bench Verified, GPT-5.2 leads at 80% vs Claude Sonnet 4 at 72.7%. On GPQA Diamond, GPT-5.2 leads at 92.4% vs Claude Sonnet 4 at 75.4%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
GPT-5.2 was released by OpenAI on Dec 11 2025.
GPT-5.2 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude Sonnet 4 72.7% vs GPT-5.2 80%.
GPT-5.2 leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude Sonnet 4 75.4% vs GPT-5.2 92.4%.