GPT-5.2 Pro vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Claude Opus 4.6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview comes out ahead, 68 to 61 and 56 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
OpenAIGPT-5.2 Pro
56/100- ECI155.4
- Price$21.00 / $168.00
- Context400K
- Our pick
GoogleGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
68/100- ECI154.8
- Price$2.00 / $12.00
- Context1.05M
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.6
61/100- ECI155.3
- Price$5.00 / $25.00
- Context1M
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is our pick
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against Claude Opus 4.6 (61) and GPT-5.2 Pro (56). It leads on price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityGPT-5.2 ProCapabilities Index (ECI): GPT-5.2 Pro 155.4 · Claude Opus 4.6 155.3 · Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 154.8
- Lowest priceGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3.1 Pro Preview $4.50 · Claude Opus 4.6 $10.00 · GPT-5.2 Pro $57.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3.1 Pro Preview 1,048,576 · Claude Opus 4.6 1,000,000 · GPT-5.2 Pro 400,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.2 Pro: Text, Images · Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Claude Opus 4.6: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | GPT-5.2 Pro | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Claude Opus 4.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 85 | 84 | 85 |
| Price | 25% | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 60 | 100 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 44 | 61 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 56/100 | 68/100 | 61/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 155.4 (best) | 154.8 | 155.3 |
| ECI rank | #25 of 148 (best) | #31 of 148 | #27 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | 94.4% (best) | 90.5% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 74.0% (best) | 59.7% | 66.0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | 95.6% (best) | 94.4% |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | — | 75.6% | 78.7% (best) |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 73.5% (best) | 47.0% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $21.00 | $2.00 (best) | $5.00 |
| Output | $168.00 | $12.00 (best) | $25.00 |
| Cached input | — | $0.20 (best) | $0.50 |
| Blended (3:1) | $57.75 | $4.50 (best) | $10.00 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Over 200K: $4.00 / $18.00 | Same rate |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Official Google API | Official Anthropic API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 400,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens (best) | 65,536 tokens | 128,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yesmedium · high · xhigh | Yeslow · medium · high | Yeslow · medium · high · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | gpt-5.2-pro | gemini-3.1-pro-preview | claude-opus-4-6 |
| API providers | 8 | 26 | 33 (best) |
| Released | Dec 11, 2025 | Feb 19, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Aug 31, 2025 | Jan 2025 | May 31, 2025 |
What would a month cost?
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- GPT-5.2 Pro$546.00
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$44.00
- Claude Opus 4.6$100.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GPT-5.2 Pro, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Claude Opus 4.6?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against Claude Opus 4.6 (61) and GPT-5.2 Pro (56). It leads on price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Pro, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Claude Opus 4.6?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is cheaper at $2.00 input / $12.00 output per million tokens (official Google API price). Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5.00 input / $25.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price); GPT-5.2 Pro costs $21.00 input / $168.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $4.50 per million tokens for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview versus $10.00 for Claude Opus 4.6 (2.2× as much) and $57.75 for GPT-5.2 Pro (13× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): GPT-5.2 Pro 155.4 (#25 of 148), Claude Opus 4.6 155.3 (#27 of 148) and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 154.8 (#31 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (153.0–158.2 vs 153.4–157.3), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — GPT-5.2 Pro 74.0%, Claude Opus 4.6 66.0%, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 59.7%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-5.2 Pro yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, GPT-5.2 Pro leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 400,000 for GPT-5.2 Pro. Maximum output per response: GPT-5.2 Pro up to 128,000, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview up to 65,536, Claude Opus 4.6 up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GPT-5.2 Pro accepts text and images; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Claude Opus 4.6 accepts text, images and PDFs. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. GPT-5.2 Pro, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Claude Opus 4.6 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the newest, released Feb 19, 2026. Claude Opus 4.6 came out Feb 5, 2026; GPT-5.2 Pro came out Dec 11, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-5.2 Pro Aug 31, 2025, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Jan 2025, Claude Opus 4.6 May 31, 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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