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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct 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
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.00$10.50 Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$1.00$84.00 Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct is 97% cheaper overall.

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Providers

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GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
32.051.3
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-48.7-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-99.0-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
41.287.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
11.590.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-88.9-
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
48.5--
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
128,000
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 68% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructGPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/secondN/A65.7 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A74.76s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeaturePhi-3 Medium 128K InstructGPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyPhi-3 Medium 128K InstructGPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMicrosoftOpenAI
ReleasedUnknownDec 2025

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $1.00/M tokens. Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $1.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct's score of N/A.
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has a 128,000 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.