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GPT-5.2 Mini on LiveCodeBench: score, rank and what it means

GPT-5.2 Mini scores 75.6 on LiveCodeBench, placing it #89 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.

Score
75.6
0–100 scale
Rank
#89
of 600
Percentile
85th
within the index
Benchmark avg
61.0
all models
Leader
85.1
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning
Gap to leader
9.5
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on LiveCodeBench, with GPT-5.2 Mini highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning 85.1
Grok 4 Reasoning 85.1
Claude Opus 4.5 85.0
GPT-5.2 Max 84.8
Grok 4 Turbo 84.7
GPT-5.1 Turbo 84.6
GPT-5.2 Pro 84.6
GPT-5.2 Reasoning 84.6
Claude Opus 4.5 Pro 84.1
Gemini 3 Pro Max 83.6

Top 10 leaderboard

#ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
1 Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning Anthropic 400000 $19.48 87.7
2 Grok 4 Reasoning xAI 2000000 $19.67 87.8
3 Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic 400000 $19.42 87.7
4 GPT-5.2 Max OpenAI 1000000 $21.39 89.2
5 Grok 4 Turbo xAI 1000000 $19.21 86.7
6 GPT-5.1 Turbo OpenAI 2000000 $19.19 86.1
7 GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI 2000000 $21.32 89.6
8 GPT-5.2 Reasoning OpenAI 1000000 $20.98 87.5
9 Claude Opus 4.5 Pro Anthropic 200000 $20.98 89.1
10 Gemini 3 Pro Max Google DeepMind 2000000 $20.57 87.9

What this score means

On LiveCodeBench, GPT-5.2 Mini sits at #89 of 600. The leader, Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning, scores 85.1, so the gap to the top is 9.5 points. The median model in this index scores 64.7, which puts GPT-5.2 Mini above the midpoint.

OpenAI models average 77.2 on this benchmark. GPT-5.2 Mini is 1.6 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average OpenAI model.

Among multimodal models, the average is 70.3. GPT-5.2 Mini is 5.3 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.

Read a 75.6 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.

Price context

At $13.34 per million input tokens, GPT-5.2 Mini is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on LiveCodeBench. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.

ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
Claude 3.7 Sonnet Vision Anthropic 400000 $13.96 81.0
Kimi K1.5 Chat Moonshot AI 128000 $5.11 80.2
Llama 4 Maverick Meta AI 200000 $5.36 81.6
Sonar Pro Max Perplexity 128000 $14.01 81.1
GPT-5.2 Mini OpenAI 200000 $13.34 80.4
Sonar Pro Reasoning Perplexity 128000 $13.94 80.5
Claude 3.7 Sonnet Turbo Anthropic 200000 $15.56 82.3

Other benchmarks for GPT-5.2 Mini

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 83.0 104 83th
GPQA Diamond 73.2 194 68th
SWE-bench Verified 69.2 128 79th
HumanEval 85.5 105 83th
MATH-500 81.2 185 69th
AIME 2025 80.3 85 86th
IFEval 88.6 92 85th
TruthfulQA 82.3 123 80th
HellaSwag 89.9 88 85th
MMMU 75.1 162 73th
Arena Elo 1416.7 164 73th

FAQ

What score does GPT-5.2 Mini get on LiveCodeBench?

GPT-5.2 Mini scores 75.6 on LiveCodeBench in this index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the top score is 85.1.

How does GPT-5.2 Mini rank on LiveCodeBench?

It ranks #89 of 600 models, in the 85th percentile. The leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.

Is GPT-5.2 Mini good at LiveCodeBench?

Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.

How is the LiveCodeBench score calculated?

LiveCodeBench is a coding benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.

What does GPT-5.2 Mini cost?

GPT-5.2 Mini costs $13.34 per million input tokens and $49.98 per million output tokens.

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