Benchmark Almanac

Agent Poker Bench

GPT-5.2 1,132 leads since January 2026
Not in model cards

Models play 10-seat no-limit Texas Hold'em tournaments against each other. Chip counts and elimination order feed TrueSkill ratings.

17 models. The board has had no update since December 23rd, 2025.

Released
January 2026
Kind
Multi-agent games
Level
Expert
Scored
Ranked by matches
Answers
Agent task
Tasks
Kept private
Strongest model tested
GPT-5.2 #50 on the capability index
Last model added
December 2025
Scores refreshed
November 12th, 2026
17
Models scored on its own leaderboard

GPT-5.2 leads with 1,132 among models released by December 2025

Best score per model from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on November 12th, 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best. Every run is in the next chart.

The newest model with a score here came out in December 2025, and nobody has tested a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:

17 models. Scroll sideways for the rest. Bars start at 850.

  1. 1,132 GPT-5.2
  2. 1,103 GPT-5
  3. 1,100 Gemini 3 Flash
  4. 1,090 DeepSeek-V3.2
  5. 1,079 Grok 4.1 Fast
  6. 1,079 Gemini 3 Pro
  7. 1,058 DeepSeek-V3.1
  8. 1,056 Claude Sonnet 4.5
  9. 1,039 GPT-5.1
  10. 1,034 Grok 4 Fast
  11. 1,033 Claude Opus 4.5
  12. 1,033 Gemini 2.5 Pro
  13. 1,015 gpt-oss-120b
  14. 1,012 Kimi K2 Thinking
  15. 995 Qwen3-Max
  16. 946 GLM-4.6
  17. 891 Llama 4 Maverick

Bars start at 850.

  1. 1 GPT-5.2 1,132
  2. 2 GPT-5 1,103
  3. 3 Gemini 3 Flash 1,100
  4. 4 DeepSeek-V3.2 thinking 1,090
  5. 5 Grok 4.1 Fast reasoning 1,079
  6. 6 Gemini 3 Pro 1,079
  7. 7 DeepSeek-V3.1 1,058
  8. 8 Claude Sonnet 4.5 non-thinking 1,056
  9. 9 GPT-5.1 1,039
  10. 10 Grok 4 Fast reasoning 1,034
  11. 11 Claude Opus 4.5 non-thinking 1,033
  12. 12 Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 1,033
  13. 13 gpt-oss-120b 1,015
  14. 14 Kimi K2 Thinking 1,012
  15. 15 Qwen3-Max 995
  16. 16 GLM-4.6 946
  17. 17 Llama 4 Maverick 891

Source: Official Agent Poker Bench leaderboard

#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 GPT-5.2 1,132 Dec 2025 Official leaderboard
2 GPT-5 1,103 Aug 2025 Official leaderboard
3 Gemini 3 Flash 1,100 Dec 2025 Official leaderboard
4 DeepSeek-V3.2 1,090 thinking Dec 2025 Official leaderboard
5 Grok 4.1 Fast 1,079 reasoning Nov 2025 Official leaderboard
6 Gemini 3 Pro 1,079 Nov 2025 Official leaderboard
7 DeepSeek-V3.1 1,058 Aug 2025 Official leaderboard
8 Claude Sonnet 4.5 1,056 non-thinking Sep 2025 Official leaderboard
9 GPT-5.1 1,039 Nov 2025 Official leaderboard
10 Grok 4 Fast 1,034 reasoning Sep 2025 Official leaderboard
11 Claude Opus 4.5 1,033 non-thinking Nov 2025 Official leaderboard
12 Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 1,033 Jun 2025 Official leaderboard
13 gpt-oss-120b 1,015 Aug 2025 Official leaderboard
14 Kimi K2 Thinking 1,012 Nov 2025 Official leaderboard
15 Qwen3-Max 995 Sep 2025 Official leaderboard
16 GLM-4.6 946 Sep 2025 Official leaderboard
17 Llama 4 Maverick 891 Apr 2025 Official leaderboard

The best score, 1,132, costs $0.09 a task

Runs on the cost frontier score higher than any run that's cheaper. Grok 4.1 Fast at reasoning comes within 52.6 of the best for $0.004 a task, 23 times cheaper. The costs are the leaderboard's own estimates, so compare them only within this benchmark.

OpenAI xAI Google DeepMind Cost frontier One model at each effort level
0 250 500 750 1,000 1,250 $0.001 $0.002 $0.005 $0.01 $0.02 $0.05 $0.10 Cost per task, log scale GPT-5.2 GPT-5 Gemini 3 Flash Grok 4.1 Fast, reasoning 0 250 500 750 1,000 1,250 $0.001 $0.01 $0.10 Cost per task, log scale GPT-5.2 Gemini 3 Flash

Source: Official Agent Poker Bench leaderboard

ModelEffortHarnessScoreCost per taskOutput tokens
GPT-5.2 1,132 $0.09
GPT-5 1,103 $0.06
Gemini 3 Flash 1,100 $0.009
DeepSeek-V3.2 thinking 1,090 $0.01
Grok 4.1 Fast reasoning 1,079 $0.004
Gemini 3 Pro 1,079 $0.03
DeepSeek-V3.1 1,058 $0.007
Claude Sonnet 4.5 non-thinking 1,056 $0.03
GPT-5.1 1,039 $0.04
Grok 4 Fast reasoning 1,034 $0.004
Claude Opus 4.5 non-thinking 1,033 $0.04
Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 1,033 $0.02
gpt-oss-120b 1,015 $0.005
Kimi K2 Thinking 1,012 $0.02
Qwen3-Max 995 $0.02
GLM-4.6 946 $0.02
Llama 4 Maverick 891 $0.005

Number one over time

Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.

OpenAI
Own leaderboard Not tested since Jan 2026
GPT-5.2 1,132

Source: Official Agent Poker Bench leaderboard

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

On the benchmark’s own leaderboard
900 1,000 1,100 2025 2026 900 1,000 1,100 2025 2026

Source: Official Agent Poker Bench leaderboard

No lab model card reports it yet

We read the headline results of 522 launch posts from 52 labs, and none of them list this benchmark.

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