OpenAI
GPT-5.2
OpenAI's December 2025 flagship for complex professional work, since followed by GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5, the GPT-5.6 family and GPT-6 Astra.
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Overall rank
- #52
- Tier
- A
- Score
- 77.1
- Main category
- Overall
Strengths
- Mature deployment across ChatGPT tiers
- Three variants: Instant, Thinking, Pro
- Strong benchmark results at release
Considerations
- Being superseded by GPT-5.4
- Legacy status within 3 months
Price
API $1.75 input / $14 output per 1M tokens
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 80.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 82.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 44.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
- Pricing
- Benchmark
- Reputation
- Feature list
Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources
- AI/TLDR — OpenAI retires gpt-5.2-chat-latest and gpt-5.3-chat-latest (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- OpenAI API — GPT-5.2 model page (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- OpenAI API deprecations (gpt-5.2-chat-latest shut down Aug 10, 2026) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- OpenAI — Introducing GPT-5.2 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- OpenAI Model Release Notes (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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- 22 AI Frontier Models Compared for 2026 - TeamAI (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Perplexity — Introducing Perplexity Computer (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- ChatGPT Release Notes - OpenAI (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- OpenAI API Pricing (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Top AI Models 2026: How To Choose The Best For You (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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