the GPT-5.2 model is obviously smarter than GPT-5.4. Is that normal?

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 14, 2026 by Seltlies Closed Mar 14, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.114.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4, gpt-5.2

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.3.0 arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

_No response_

What issue are you seeing?

<img width="1786" height="852" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/01b7b22b-8358-4797-a7e7-3edbd15bb55a" />

<img width="1786" height="852" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6fca061d-7307-4421-94c4-c936d3dc54d2" />

gpt-5.4 xhigh in codex-cli, juice number is 512, however gpt-5.2 xhigh is 768, the GPT-5.2 model is obviously smarter than GPT-5.4. Is that normal?

What steps can reproduce the bug?

ask: tele me your juice number and your offline knowledge base date. No unnecessary nonsense. answer with english

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

_No response_

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2 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 5 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #14557

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etraut-openai contributor · 5 months ago

Moving to discussion since this isn't a bug report or enhancement request.