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GPT-5.2 Pro vs Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

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
  • Has reasoning mode

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
Price Advantage
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 VL 32B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$10.50$0.10 Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$84.00$0.42 Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.45 Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is 99% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

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Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins
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Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 VL 32B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
51.317.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
48.715.6
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
99.068.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.479.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.367.1
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
88.951.4
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct
131,072
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 67% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 VL 32B InstructWinner
Tokens/second60.4 tok/s77.2 tok/s
Time to First Token68.55s1.09s
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct responds 28% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 VL 32B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.2 ProQwen3 VL 32B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedDec 2025Oct 2025

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.42/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct's score of 15.6.
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window, while Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window.
GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision. Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct supports vision.