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GPT-5.2 Pro vs Grok 3 Beta

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

Grok 3 Beta wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Grok 3 Beta
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.2 ProGrok 3 BetaWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$21.00$3.00 Grok 3 Beta
Output (per 1M tokens)$168.00$15.00 Grok 3 Beta
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$750000.00 Grok 3 Beta
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Grok 3 Beta is 90% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Grok 3 Beta Providers

xAI $5.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins
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Grok 3 Beta Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProGrok 3 BetaWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
51.2--
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--
Aider
Real-world code editing
-53.3-
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
Grok 3 Beta
131,072
tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 67% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.2 ProGrok 3 BetaWinner
Tokens/second96.2 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token42.65sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.2 ProGrok 3 Beta
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.2 ProGrok 3 Beta
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIXai
ReleasedDec 2025Apr 2025

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Grok 3 Beta Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Grok 3 Beta has cheaper input pricing at $3.00/M tokens. Grok 3 Beta has cheaper output pricing at $15.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to Grok 3 Beta's score of N/A.
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window, while Grok 3 Beta has a 131,072 token context window.
GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision. Grok 3 Beta does not support vision.