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GPT-5 vs GPT-5.2

Head to head on 23 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-5

OpenAI

48.3%0.0%61.1%1623elo72.832.4%68.6%6.6%45.0%83.4%54.3%49.6%83.7%82.0%65.5%18.0%43.7%37.8%74.4%73.4%12.9%20.1%0.0%46.7%91.1%88.0%94.6%-0.0%0.15--68.1%4.58---57.7%80.0%80.0%91.7%0.0%88.9%83.3%100.0%-48.9%-58.2%-------37.5%-0.521.62100.0%86.1%-0.0%92.7%92.7%93.3%10.0%0.0%60.0%0.26-0.0%-74.9%-2.3487.5%0.8654.8%90.0%90.0%56.7%
GPT-5.2

OpenAI

51.0%0.0%65.9%1699elo71.640.7%71.2%8.0%47.4%79.0%66.9%49.7%84.4%81.4%67.1%15.0%49.3%40.4%71.8%75.8%31.8%53.5%46.5%----100--100.0%16.7%--60.0%40.6%9.4%--------12.93-85.0%-78.7%76.1%78.2%61.8%79.8%93.2%83.2%-24.0%----72.0%--------96.7-18.7%-66.7%------56.3%
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AttributeGPT-5

OpenAI

GPT-5.2

OpenAI

DescriptionOpenAI's August 2025 unified frontier model that auto-routes between a fast model and a deeper "thinking" variant.GPT-5.2 is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyGPT 5GPT
ParamsUndisclosed (closed)-
Open weightsclosedclosed
LicenseProprietaryproprietary
Released7 Aug 202511 Dec 2025
Context400,000400,000
Input $/1M-$1.75
Output $/1M-$14.00
Cache read $/1M$0.125$0.175
Cache write $/1M--
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiestext, image, filefile, image, text
Providersopenai-
PublisherOpenAIOpenAI
Reported scores

FAQ

Is GPT-5 or GPT-5.2 better?
Across the 23 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5.2 leads on 17 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-5 and GPT-5.2 compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-5 scores 68.6% and GPT-5.2 scores 71.2% on GPQA Diamond.
When were GPT-5 and GPT-5.2 released?
GPT-5 was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI. GPT-5.2 was released 11 Dec 2025 by OpenAI.

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