GPT-5 vs GPT-5.2

Side-by-side comparison. Updated 2026-07-01.

Summary

Compare GPT-5 and GPT-5.2 across pricing, context window, modalities, strengths, weaknesses, and best-fit workloads.

Use the details below to weigh cost, context, modalities, and workload fit.

GPT-5
by OpenAI
Input pricing
$10.00 /1M input tokens
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GPT-5.2
by OpenAI
Input pricing
$10.00 /1M input tokens
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At a Glance

Side-by-side comparison of GPT-5 and GPT-5.2
Attribute GPT-5 GPT-5.2
Provider OpenAI OpenAI
Tags Intelligent Reasoning Multimodal Intelligent Reasoning Multimodal
Context 128,000 tokens 200,000 tokens
Input price $10.00/1M $10.00/1M
Output price $40.00/1M $40.00/1M
Input modalities Text Text, Image
Output modalities Text Text

GPT-5 Strengths

  • Excellent general knowledge
  • Strong reasoning chain-of-thought
  • Reliable structured output
  • Broad tool-use capability
  • Strong multilingual support

GPT-5.2 Strengths

  • Native image input
  • 200K context window
  • Strong reasoning chain-of-thought
  • Broad tool-use capability