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GPT-5 Codex vs GPT-5.2 Chat

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5 Codex wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

GPT-5.2 Chat wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
GPT-5.2 Chat
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Codex
Context Window
GPT-5 Codex
Speed
GPT-5 Codex

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5 CodexGPT-5.2 ChatWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.25$0.88 GPT-5.2 Chat
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$7.00 GPT-5.2 Chat
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.13$0.17 GPT-5 Codex
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-5.2 Chat is 30% cheaper overall.

GPT-5 Codex Providers

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GPT-5.2 Chat Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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GPT-5 Codex Wins
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GPT-5.2 Chat Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5 CodexGPT-5.2 ChatWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
44.6--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
38.9--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
98.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
86.5--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
83.7--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
84.0--
GPT-5 Codex significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5 Codex
400,000
tokens
GPT-5.2 Chat
128,000
tokens
GPT-5 Codex has a 68% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5 CodexGPT-5.2 ChatWinner
Tokens/second178.0 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token5.91sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5 CodexGPT-5.2 Chat
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5 CodexGPT-5.2 Chat
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedSep 2025Dec 2025

GPT-5 Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Chat Modalities

Input
fileimagetext
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5.2 Chat has cheaper input pricing at $0.88/M tokens. GPT-5.2 Chat has cheaper output pricing at $7.00/M tokens.
GPT-5 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 38.9, compared to GPT-5.2 Chat's score of N/A.
GPT-5 Codex has a 400,000 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Chat has a 128,000 token context window.
GPT-5 Codex supports vision. GPT-5.2 Chat supports vision.