GPT 5.2 Chat latest vs GPT-5 nano (2025-08-07)

Name: GPT-5 nano (2025-08-07)
Brand: Azure OpenAI
Price: 0.050000 USD

GPT 5.2 Chat latest vs GPT-5 nano (2025-08-07): GPT-5 nano (2025-08-07) is cheaper by 97% on average. GPT 5.2 Chat latest from OpenAI (128,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. GPT-5 nano (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.

Input tokens / request3,000

0272,000

Output tokens / request400

0128,000

Requests / day5,000

01,000,000

GPT 5.2 Chat latest

OpenAI

$1,651/mo

Input $1.75/M · Output $14.00/M

GPT-5 nano (2025-08-07)Cheaper

Azure OpenAI

$47.18/mo

Input $0.0500/M · Output $0.400/M

At this workload, GPT-5 nano (2025-08-07) is 97% cheaper than GPT 5.2 Chat latest — a savings of $1,604/month ($19,249/year).

Production recipe — Agent Command Center

strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: gpt-5-nano-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

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	GPT 5.2 Chat latest OpenAI	GPT-5 nano (2025-08-07) Azure OpenAI
Input price	$1.75/M	$0.0500/M
Output price	$14.00/M	$0.400/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