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GPT-5.2 Pro vs Step3

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
  • Has reasoning mode

Step3 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Step3
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.2 ProStep3Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$10.50$0.57 Step3
Output (per 1M tokens)$84.00$1.42 Step3
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Step3 is 97% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

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Step3 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins
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Step3 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProStep3Winner
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
Step3
256,000
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 36% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.2 ProStep3Winner
Tokens/second60.4 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token68.55sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.2 ProStep3
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.2 ProStep3
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIStepfun-ai
ReleasedDec 2025Unknown

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Step3 Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Step3 has cheaper input pricing at $0.57/M tokens. Step3 has cheaper output pricing at $1.42/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Step3's score of N/A.
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window, while Step3 has a 256,000 token context window.
GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision. Step3 supports vision.