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GPT-5.2 Pro vs o1

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math

o1 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
o1
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
o1

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.2 Proo1Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$21.00$15.00 o1
Output (per 1M tokens)$168.00$60.00 o1
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$7500000.00 o1
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, o1 is 55% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

o1 Providers

OpenAI $15.00 (Cheapest)
Vercel $15.00 (Cheapest)
Azure $15.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins
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o1 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo1Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
51.230.7
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
48.720.5
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
99.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.484.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.374.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
88.967.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
-84.2-
AIME
Competition math
-72.3-
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
o1
200,000
tokens
Max output: 100,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.2 Proo1Winner
Tokens/second98.3 tok/s177.0 tok/s
Time to First Token43.29s17.68s
o1 responds 80% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.2 Proo1
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.2 Proo1
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedDec 2025Dec 2024

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

o1 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

o1 has cheaper input pricing at $15.00/M tokens. o1 has cheaper output pricing at $60.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to o1's score of 20.5.
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window, while o1 has a 200,000 token context window.
GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision. o1 supports vision.