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GPT-5.2 Pro vs o3

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

o3 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
o3
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
o3

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.2 Proo3Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$21.00$2.00 o3
Output (per 1M tokens)$168.00$8.00 o3
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$500000.00 o3
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, o3 is 94% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

o3 Providers

OpenAI $2.00 (Cheapest)
Vercel $2.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins
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o3 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo3Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
51.238.3
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
48.738.4
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
99.088.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.485.3
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.382.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
88.980.8
Aider
Real-world code editing
-81.3-
AIME
Competition math
-90.3-
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
o3
200,000
tokens
Max output: 100,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.2 Proo3Winner
Tokens/second98.3 tok/s109.7 tok/s
Time to First Token46.57s20.34s
o3 responds 12% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.2 Proo3
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.2 Proo3
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedDec 2025Apr 2025

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

o3 Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

o3 has cheaper input pricing at $2.00/M tokens. o3 has cheaper output pricing at $8.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to o3's score of 38.4.
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window, while o3 has a 200,000 token context window.
GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision. o3 supports vision.