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GPT-5.2 Pro vs o3 Mini

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
  • Supports vision

o3 Mini wins:

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

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.2 Proo3 MiniWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$21.00$1.10 o3 Mini
Output (per 1M tokens)$168.00$4.40 o3 Mini
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$550000.00 o3 Mini
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, o3 Mini is 97% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

o3 Mini Providers

OpenAI $1.10 (Cheapest)
Vercel $1.10 (Cheapest)
Azure $1.10 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins
0
o3 Mini Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.2 Proo3 MiniWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
51.225.9
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
48.717.9
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
99.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.479.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.374.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
88.971.7
Aider
Real-world code editing
-60.4-
AIME
Competition math
-77.0-
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 Mini
200,000
tokens
Max output: 100,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 50% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.2 Proo3 MiniWinner
Tokens/second98.3 tok/s135.2 tok/s
Time to First Token46.57s17.00s
o3 Mini responds 37% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

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

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.2 Proo3 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedDec 2025Jan 2025

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

o3 Mini Modalities

Input
textfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

o3 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $1.10/M tokens. o3 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $4.40/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to o3 Mini's score of 17.9.
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window, while o3 Mini has a 200,000 token context window.
GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision. o3 Mini does not support vision.