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R1 Distill Llama 70B vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 Distill Llama 70B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
R1 Distill Llama 70B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricR1 Distill Llama 70BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.03$21.00 R1 Distill Llama 70B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.11$168.00 R1 Distill Llama 70B
Cache Read (per 1M)$15000.00N/A R1 Distill Llama 70B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, R1 Distill Llama 70B is 100% cheaper overall.

R1 Distill Llama 70B Providers

Chutes $0.03 (Cheapest)
SambaNova $0.70
DeepInfra $0.70
Vercel $0.75
Groq $0.75

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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R1 Distill Llama 70B Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkR1 Distill Llama 70BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
16.051.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
11.448.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
53.799.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
79.587.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
40.290.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
26.688.9
AIME
Competition math
67.0--
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

R1 Distill Llama 70B
131,072
tokens
Max output: 131,072 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 67% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricR1 Distill Llama 70BGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second56.3 tok/s98.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.87s43.29s
GPT-5.2 Pro responds 75% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1 Distill Llama 70BGPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyR1 Distill Llama 70BGPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorDeepseekOpenAI
ReleasedJan 2025Dec 2025

R1 Distill Llama 70B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

R1 Distill Llama 70B has cheaper input pricing at $0.03/M tokens. R1 Distill Llama 70B has cheaper output pricing at $0.11/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to R1 Distill Llama 70B's score of 11.4.
R1 Distill Llama 70B has a 131,072 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
R1 Distill Llama 70B does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.