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GPT-4.1 vs GPT-5.2

Head to head on 15 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-5.2

OpenAI

51.0%65.9%1699elo40.7%71.2%8.0%47.4%66.9%81.4%67.1%40.4%71.8%75.8%31.8%46.5%---100---100.0%0.0%16.7%--60.0%40.6%9.4%-71.6-12.9385.0%79.0%78.7%76.1%78.2%61.8%79.8%93.2%83.2%24.0%----72.0%--49.7%-84.4%-96.718.7%15.0%49.3%-66.7%--53.5%--56.3%
GPT-4.1

OpenAI

34.7%63.1%1417elo5.5%66.6%4.2%43.0%45.7%80.6%65.9%38.1%39.6%75.1%13.6%47.1%0.0%52.4%43.7%-26.7%61.5%1.64---83.7%1.55---12.4%-60.9%-----------70.8%0.490.4991.3%-32.1%32.1%-69.4%-50.5%----8.57-31.1%10.0%-92.0%92.0%48.0%
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AttributeGPT-4.1

OpenAI

GPT-5.2

OpenAI

DescriptionGPT-4.1 is an AI model from OpenAI.GPT-5.2 is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyGPTGPT
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietaryproprietary
Released14 Apr 202511 Dec 2025
Context1,047,576400,000
Input $/1M$2.00$1.75
Output $/1M$8.00$14.00
Cache read $/1M$0.500$0.175
Cache write $/1M--
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiesimage, text, filefile, image, text
Providers--
PublisherOpenAIOpenAI
Reported scores

FAQ

Is GPT-4.1 or GPT-5.2 better?
Across the 15 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5.2 leads on 14 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-4.1 and GPT-5.2 compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-4.1 scores 66.6% and GPT-5.2 scores 71.2% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 or GPT-5.2?
GPT-4.1 is cheaper at $8.00 per million output tokens against $14.00 for GPT-5.2 - about 1.8x.
When were GPT-4.1 and GPT-5.2 released?
GPT-4.1 was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI. GPT-5.2 was released 11 Dec 2025 by OpenAI.

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