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GPT-5 vs GPT-5.2 Pro

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 Pro wins:

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

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.25$21.00 GPT-5
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$168.00 GPT-5
Cache Read (per 1M)$125000.00N/A GPT-5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-5 is 94% cheaper overall.

GPT-5 Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)
Azure $1.25 (Cheapest)

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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GPT-5 Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
44.651.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
36.048.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
94.399.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.187.4-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
85.490.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
84.688.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
88.0--
AIME
Competition math
95.7--
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second83.1 tok/s98.3 tok/s
Time to First Token109.19s46.57s
GPT-5.2 Pro responds 18% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

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

License & Release

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

GPT-5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 has cheaper input pricing at $1.25/M tokens. GPT-5 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-5's score of 36.0.
GPT-5 has a 400,000 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
GPT-5 supports vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.