Thoughts on AI, technology, and the future we're building.

New posts every week

HomeAll PostsAI NewsAI Basics
Timelines
ChatGPTOpenAI release historyAnthropic ClaudeClaude release historyGoogle GeminiGemini release history
Benchmarks
OverviewFull model trackerValue RankingsPerformance for the moneyCoding RankingsSWE-bench and code signalsAgent RankingsTool and workflow signalsReasoning RankingsKnowledge and reasoningLong ContextDocument and retrieval signalsLab ComparisonsProvider-level rankings
CategoriesAboutContact

Subscribe to Newsletter

Practical AI news, tips, tricks, tool analysis, sent straight to your inbox.

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Practical explainers, tool notes, and systems thinking for people turning new AI capability into useful work.

Explore

  • All Posts
  • Categories
  • About
  • Contact

Categories

  • AI News
  • AI Basics
  • ChatGPT
  • Anthropic
  • AI Tools
  • AI Video
  • AI Images
  • Courses

Connect

LinkedInTwitterRSS

© 2026. All rights reserved.

Benchmark suiteUpdated May 27, 2026

GPT-5.2 Codex.

A model-level benchmark profile for GPT-5.2 Codex, combining Arena category ranks, suite indexes, commercial price and speed data, SWE-bench status, and lab context.

OpenAI lab page

Lab

OpenAI

Proprietary

Coverage

56%

5 of 9 tracked signals

Best Arena rank

#57

WebDev Arena

Best suite

#31

Coding / 64

OverviewFull public trackerValuePerformance for the moneyCodingCode and SWE-bench signalsAgentsTool and workflow readinessReasoningKnowledge and reasoning signalsContextDocument and retrieval signalsLabsProvider comparisons

Model profile

Benchmark signal map.

This view treats missing values as coverage gaps, then puts every available score, rank, cost, and speed signal into the same visual hierarchy.

Analyst view

GPT-5.2 Codex is strongest on coding.

56% coverage

Its best composite result is rank #31 in the coding view, with a 64 coding index. The strongest raw Arena signal is WebDev Arena at rank #57 with 7,766 public votes.

Best current lane

Coding

#31 / 64 coding index

Strongest raw signal

Code

#57, 1335 score

Commercial posture

$4.81

2.43s first token / 108 tok/s

Coverage gaps

Text ArenaVision ArenaSearch ArenaDocument Arena

Profile completeness

5 of 9 signals matched

56%

Arena categories

1/5

Code

Commercial match

Live

GPT-5.2 Codex (xhigh)

SWE-bench

#7

bash-only

Raw identifier

gpt-5.2-codex

Performance cockpit

Public benchmark scores

Arena rows show score, public rank, confidence interval, vote count, and publish date. Missing rows stay visible as coverage gaps.

Text Arena

Arena category

Not listed

No confident public Arena row for this category.

Coverage gap

WebDev Arena

Arena category

1,335#57

1327-1342 CI

7,766 votes

May 25, 2026

Arena public leaderboard dataset

Vision Arena

Arena category

Not listed

No confident public Arena row for this category.

Coverage gap

Search Arena

Arena category

Not listed

No confident public Arena row for this category.

Coverage gap

Document Arena

Arena category

Not listed

No confident public Arena row for this category.

Coverage gap

SWE-bench Verified

Software issue resolution

72.8%#7

bash-only

gpt-5-2-codex

Feb 19, 2026

SWE-bench Verified

Cost and speed

Commercial profile

Price, latency, and throughput are only shown when a confident commercial source row is matched.

Blended price

$4.81

USD / 1M tokens

Input price

$1.75

USD / 1M input tokens

Output price

$14.00

USD / 1M output tokens

Latency

2.43s

Median time to first token

Output speed

108 tok/s

Median generation speed

Matched source row

GPT-5.2 Codex (xhigh)

Suite position

Composite ranks by benchmark lens.

These views combine available public signals into purpose-specific indexes. A missing card means the model lacks enough source coverage for that lens.

Value

Quality, price, latency, and output speed

#4461

value index

blended / 1M tokens$4.81
time to first token2.43s
output speed108 tok/s

Coding

Code Arena, SWE-bench, and output speed

#3164

coding index

Code Arena rank #571,335
SWE-bench rank #772.8%
output speed108 tok/s

Agents

Search, documents, code, and latency

#8172

agent proxy

Search ArenaNot listed
Docs ArenaNot listed
latency2.43s

Reasoning

Text, documents, vision, and mode signal

Not listed

Not enough matched source rows for this composite view.

Long context

Document, search, and text benchmark proxy

Not listed

Not enough matched source rows for this composite view.

Lab context

Nearby OpenAI profiles.

Same-lab models make it easier to see whether this profile is a flagship, value play, specialist, or lower-coverage row.

Full lab

GPT-5.5 Search

gpt-5.5-search

Proprietary

Best rank

#1

Coverage

11%

GPT-5.5

gpt-5.5

Proprietary

Best rank

#7

Coverage

67%

GPT-5.5 High

gpt-5.5-high

Proprietary

Best rank

#8

Coverage

67%

GPT-5.2 Chat Latest 20260210

gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210

Proprietary

Best rank

#8

Coverage

22%

GPT-5.4 High

gpt-5.4-high

Proprietary

Best rank

#9

Coverage

33%

GPT-5.4 Search

gpt-5.4-search

Proprietary

Best rank

#9

Coverage

11%

GPT-5.5 xHigh

gpt-5.5-xhigh (codex-harness)

Proprietary

Best rank

#11

Coverage

11%

GPT-5.5 Instant

gpt-5.5-instant

Proprietary

Best rank

#13

Coverage

33%