GPT-4o (2024-05-13) vs GPT 5.2
GPT-4o (2024-05-13) vs GPT 5.2: GPT 5.2 is cheaper by 65% on average. GPT-4o (2024-05-13) from OpenAI (128,000-token context, tool calls) vs. GPT 5.2 from Azure OpenAI (272,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.
Side-by-side cost
Live workload comparison
Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.
3,000
0272,000
400
0128,000
5,000
01,000,000
At this workload, GPT 5.2 is 48% cheaper than GPT-4o (2024-05-13) — a savings of $1,545/month ($18,536/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: gpt-5-2
provider: azure-openai
fallback:
model: gpt-4o-2024-05-13
provider: openai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | GPT 5.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $5.00/M | $1.75/M |
| Output price | $15.00/M | $14.00/M |
| Context window | 128,000 | 272,000 |
| Max output | 4,096 | 128,000 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio input | — | — |
| Reasoning | — | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured output | — | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |
Benchmark comparison
Side-by-side public benchmark scores. Greener bar = winner.
MMLUgeneral
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
88.7%
GPT 5.2
89.6%