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OpenAI · Released Dec 11, 2025

GPT-5.2

Reliable GPT generation for broad coding, writing, and tool-assisted product work.

  • Proprietary
  • Reasoning
  • Tool calling
  • Vision
Capability
153.5ECI · #38 of 148
Input
$1.75per 1M tokens
Output
$14.00per 1M tokens
Context
400K128K max output
Pricing

What it costs

Input
$1.75per million tokens
Output
$14.00per million tokens
Cached input
$0.175per million tokens
Blended (3:1)
$4.81pricier than 87% of priced models

Typical monthly bills

Monthly usageEstimated cost
Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens$10.50
Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens$113.75
Production app250M input + 50M output tokens$1,138

Official OpenAI API price, as listed on models.dev.

Capability

Independent benchmarks

153.5Epoch Capabilities Index
#38 of 148 scored models
88Median 146167

The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (151.7–155.4); the tick marks the median scored model.

  • GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions · xhigh setting91.4%
  • FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics · xhigh setting67.4%
  • OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics · high setting96.1%
  • SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues · high setting73.8%
  • SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions · xhigh setting37.1%

Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of OpenAI.

Specifications

The details

Lab
OpenAI
Released
Dec 11, 2025
Knowledge cutoff
Aug 31, 2025
Context window
400,000 tokens
Max output
128,000 tokens
Inputs
Text, Images
Output
Text
Reasoning
Adjustable effort low · medium · high · xhigh
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Weights
Proprietary
API model ID
gpt-5.2on OpenAI
Availability
21 API providerslisted on models.dev

OpenAI model documentation

Lab-reported

What OpenAI claims

Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.

BenchmarkScoreSettingSource
SWE-Bench Pro29.94 resolve rate—Source
Same lab

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Questions

About GPT-5.2

How much does GPT-5.2 cost?

GPT-5.2 costs $1.75 input / $14.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). Cached input is $0.175 per million tokens. At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $4.81 per million tokens, more expensive than 87% of the 360 priced models we track.

What is the context window of GPT-5.2?

GPT-5.2 accepts up to 400,000 tokens per request and can write up to 128,000 tokens in one response.

How good is GPT-5.2?

Epoch AI gives GPT-5.2 a Capabilities Index score of 153.5 (likely range 151.7–155.4), ranking it #38 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 91.4%, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 67.4%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 96.1%, SWE-bench Verified 73.8%, SimpleQA Verified 37.1%.

Is GPT-5.2 open source?

No. GPT-5.2 is proprietary; you use it through OpenAI’s API or partner platforms.

What inputs does GPT-5.2 support?

GPT-5.2 accepts text and images and replies in text. It is a reasoning model with low, medium, high and xhigh effort settings, supports tool calling and can return structured JSON output.

When was GPT-5.2 released?

OpenAI released GPT-5.2 on Dec 11, 2025. Its training data runs to Aug 31, 2025.

What are the best alternatives to GPT-5.2?

The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Gemini 3 Pro Preview (Google, ECI 153.0, $2.00 / $12.00), Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic, ECI 152.3, $3.00 / $15.00), Qwen3.7 Max (Alibaba (Qwen), ECI 153.7, $2.50 / $7.50) and Grok 4.5 (xAI, ECI 154.0, $2.00 / $6.00).