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GPT-5.2 Pro vs Qwen3.5-27B

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 tool calls

Qwen3.5-27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen3.5-27B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.2 ProQwen3.5-27BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$21.00$0.30 Qwen3.5-27B
Output (per 1M tokens)$168.00$2.40 Qwen3.5-27B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3.5-27B is 99% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Qwen3.5-27B Providers

Alibaba $0.30 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProQwen3.5-27BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
51.3--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
48.7--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
99.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.4--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.3--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
88.9--
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
Qwen3.5-27B
262,144
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 34% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.2 ProQwen3.5-27BWinner
Tokens/second87.7 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token27.15sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.2 ProQwen3.5-27B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.2 ProQwen3.5-27B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedDec 2025Feb 2026

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Qwen3.5-27B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5-27B has cheaper input pricing at $0.30/M tokens. Qwen3.5-27B has cheaper output pricing at $2.40/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Qwen3.5-27B's score of N/A.
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window, while Qwen3.5-27B has a 262,144 token context window.
GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision. Qwen3.5-27B supports vision.