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GPT-5 vs GPT-5.2

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5.2 wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
GPT-5
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2
Context Window
GPT-5.2
Speed
GPT-5.2

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5GPT-5.2Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.63$0.88 GPT-5
Output (per 1M tokens)$5.00$7.00 GPT-5
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.13$0.17 GPT-5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-5 is 29% cheaper overall.

GPT-5 Providers

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GPT-5.2 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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GPT-5 Wins
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GPT-5.2 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5GPT-5.2Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
23.933.6
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
25.134.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
31.751.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
80.681.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
67.371.2
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
55.866.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
88.0--
AIME
Competition math
36.7--
GPT-5.2 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5
400,000
tokens
GPT-5.2
400,000
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5GPT-5.2Winner
Tokens/second50.2 tok/s61.9 tok/s
Time to First Token1.04s0.59s
GPT-5.2 responds 23% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

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

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5GPT-5.2
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2025Dec 2025

GPT-5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Modalities

Input
fileimagetext
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 has cheaper input pricing at $0.63/M tokens. GPT-5 has cheaper output pricing at $5.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 34.7, compared to GPT-5's score of 25.1.
GPT-5 has a 400,000 token context window, while GPT-5.2 has a 400,000 token context window.
GPT-5 supports vision. GPT-5.2 supports vision.