OpenAI
GPT-5.2
Top Pick8.3
out of 10
OpenAI's current flagship. GPT-5.2 significantly outpaces GPT-4o — it has a 400K token context window, a hallucination rate down to 6.2%, and perfect scores on the AIME 2025 math benchmark. The model most people using ChatGPT are now running on.
Context window
400K tokens
API (blended)
$4.81/1M
Consumer access
Free (limited) / $20/mo
Multimodal
Yes
Strengths
- +400K context window — largest of the closed-source mainstream models
- +6.2% hallucination rate — significant improvement over GPT-4o
- +Strong across every task category: coding, writing, reasoning, math
- +Largest developer ecosystem of any LLM
- +Native multimodal: text, images, audio, video
Weaknesses
- -More expensive than Gemini 3 Pro at comparable capability
- -Complex pricing tiers — easy to accidentally use the expensive xhigh mode
- -$200/month Pro plan required for truly unlimited access
Best for
general usecodingmultimodal tasksdeveloper integrationsreasoning
Not ideal for
budget API useextreme long-context (Llama 4 Scout or Gemini beats it)
Pricing details
Subscription plans
FreeAccess to GPT-5.2 with daily message limits(Caps out; falls back to slower model when limit hit)
FreePlus5x more messages, DALL-E image generation, Advanced Data Analysis, browsing
$20/moProUnlimited GPT-5.2 access, o1 Pro mode, extended thinking, priority access
$200/moTeamAll Plus features, admin console, shared workspace, higher rate limits
$25/mo (annual)API pricing
OpenAIStandard (medium) mode. xhigh mode: ~$3.50/$28. Cached input: 90% discount. Batch API: 50% discount.
$1.75/$14OpenRouterSlight markup over direct OpenAI pricing.
$1.8/$14.4Prices verified February 2026. LLM pricing changes frequently — verify at the provider's site before budgeting.
Last updated: February 2026