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GPT-5.2 Pro vs Qwen3 Max

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

Qwen3 Max wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen3 Max
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 MaxWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$10.50$0.78 Qwen3 Max
Output (per 1M tokens)$84.00$3.90 Qwen3 Max
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.16 Qwen3 Max
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 Max is 95% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

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Qwen3 Max Providers

No provider data available

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins
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Qwen3 Max Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 MaxWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
51.326.1
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
48.725.5
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
99.075.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.483.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.376.4
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
88.965.1
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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GPT-5.2 Pro
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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Qwen3 Max
262,144
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 34% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 MaxWinner
Tokens/second60.4 tok/s41.8 tok/s
Time to First Token68.55s1.75s
GPT-5.2 Pro responds 44% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 Max
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 Max
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedDec 2025Sep 2025

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Qwen3 Max Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 Max has cheaper input pricing at $0.78/M tokens. Qwen3 Max has cheaper output pricing at $3.90/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Qwen3 Max's score of 25.5.
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window, while Qwen3 Max has a 262,144 token context window.
GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision. Qwen3 Max does not support vision.