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R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1 Distill Qwen 1.5BGPT-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 Qwen 1.5BGPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorDeepseekOpenAI
ReleasedUnknownDec 2025

R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B Modalities

Input
Output

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B has cheaper output pricing at $0.20/M tokens.
R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B has a 131,072 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.