GPT 5.2 vs GPT 5.2 Chat latest

GPT 5.2 vs GPT 5.2 Chat latest: GPT 5.2 is cheaper by 0% on average. GPT 5.2 from Azure OpenAI (272,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. GPT 5.2 Chat latest from OpenAI (128,000-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
Azure OpenAI
$1,651/mo
Input $1.75/M · Output $14.00/M
OpenAI
$1,651/mo
Input $1.75/M · Output $14.00/M
At this workload, GPT 5.2 Chat latest is 0% cheaper than GPT 5.2 — a savings of $0.000000/month ($0.000000/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: gpt-5-2-chat-latest
  provider: openai
fallback:
  model: gpt-5-2
  provider: azure-openai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live
GPT 5.2 GPT 5.2 Chat latest
Input price $1.75/M $1.75/M
Output price $14.00/M $14.00/M
Context window 272,000 128,000
Max output 128,000 16,384
Function calling
Vision
Audio input
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Structured output
Pricing verified May 12, 2026 May 12, 2026
Cheaper option
Larger context
272,000 tokens
More capabilities
5 of 6 capability flags advertised

Benchmark comparison

Side-by-side public benchmark scores. Greener bar = winner.

Chatbot Arena ELOgeneral
GPT 5.2
1,477
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
1,477
AIME 2025math
GPT 5.2
100.0%
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
100.0%
GPQA Diamondreasoning
GPT 5.2
92.4%
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
92.4%
MMLUgeneral
GPT 5.2
89.6%
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
89.6%
ARC-AGIreasoning
GPT 5.2
86.2%
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
86.2%
SWE-bench Verifiedagent
GPT 5.2
80.0%
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
80.0%
MMMU-Promultimodal
GPT 5.2
79.5%
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
79.5%
ARC-AGI-2reasoning
GPT 5.2
52.9%
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
52.9%
FrontierMathmath
GPT 5.2
40.3%
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
40.3%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
GPT 5.2
34.5%
GPT 5.2 Chat latest
34.5%