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GPT-4o (2024-11-20) vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-4o (2024-11-20) wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
GPT-4o (2024-11-20)
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-4o (2024-11-20)

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-4o (2024-11-20)GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.50$21.00 GPT-4o (2024-11-20)
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$168.00 GPT-4o (2024-11-20)
Cache Read (per 1M)$1250000.00N/A GPT-4o (2024-11-20)
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-4o (2024-11-20) is 92% cheaper overall.

GPT-4o (2024-11-20) Providers

OpenAI $2.50 (Cheapest)
Azure $2.50 (Cheapest)

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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GPT-4o (2024-11-20) Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-11-20)GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
17.351.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
16.748.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
6.099.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
74.887.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
54.390.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
30.988.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
71.4--
AIME
Competition math
15.0--
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-4o (2024-11-20)
128,000
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 68% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-4o (2024-11-20)GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second132.8 tok/s98.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.42s46.57s
GPT-4o (2024-11-20) responds 35% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-4o (2024-11-20)GPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-4o (2024-11-20)GPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedNov 2024Dec 2025

GPT-4o (2024-11-20) Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-4o (2024-11-20) has cheaper input pricing at $2.50/M tokens. GPT-4o (2024-11-20) has cheaper output pricing at $10.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to GPT-4o (2024-11-20)'s score of 16.7.
GPT-4o (2024-11-20) has a 128,000 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
GPT-4o (2024-11-20) supports vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.