GPT 5.2 Chat latest vs GPT-5 (2025-08-07)
GPT 5.2 Chat latest vs GPT-5 (2025-08-07): GPT-5 (2025-08-07) is cheaper by 29% on average. GPT 5.2 Chat latest from OpenAI (128,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. GPT-5 (2025-08-07) 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 (2025-08-07) is 29% cheaper than GPT 5.2 Chat latest — a savings of $472/month ($5,661/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: gpt-5-2025-08-07
provider: azure-openai
fallback:
model: gpt-5-2-chat-latest
provider: openai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| GPT 5.2 Chat latest | GPT-5 (2025-08-07) | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1.75/M | $1.25/M |
| Output price | $14.00/M | $10.00/M |
| Context window | 128,000 | 272,000 |
| Max output | 16,384 | 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.
Chatbot Arena ELOgeneral
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
1,477
GPT-5 (2025-08-07)
1,450
AIME 2025math⚠ different settings
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
100.0%
GPT-5 (2025-08-07)
94.6%
GPQA Diamondreasoning⚠ different settings
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
92.4%
GPT-5 (2025-08-07)
87.3%
SWE-bench Verifiedagent
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
80.0%
GPT-5 (2025-08-07)
74.9%
ARC-AGI-2reasoning⚠ different settings
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
52.9%
GPT-5 (2025-08-07)
17.6%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning⚠ different settings
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
34.5%
GPT-5 (2025-08-07)
42.0%