Data points: 105
Model compare
The readout for GPT-4o and GPT-5.2, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GPT-5.2. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 6 to 94.
Evidence depth
105 data points
Includes 20 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GPT-5.2
The charts below split 27 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-4o and GPT-5.2: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | GPT-4o | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 6.0 pts | 94.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 6 categories |
| Operational advantages | Average speed | Cheapest input price, First-token latency, Provider coverage |
| Context window | 128K tokens | 400K tokens |
| Max output | 16.4K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | GPT-4o | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Released | Nov 2024 | Dec 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | GPT | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2023-10-31 | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | openai/gpt-4o | openai/gpt-5.2 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-4o and GPT-5.2: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
GPT-4o
GPT-4o has these operational advantages: Average speed.
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, First-token latency, Provider coverage).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
GPT-4o
43.2
Avg. score
GPT-5.2
52.8
GPT-5.2 leads by 9.2
GPT-5.2 leads by 10.3
GPT-5.2 leads by 14.1
GPT-5.2 leads by 7.1
GPT-5.2 leads by 13.7
No data
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.2 leads by 13.4
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
GPT-4o
43.0
Rank #76/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner53.0
Rank #50/84 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
$2.50/M
Rank #131/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
winner$1.75/M
Rank #120/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
winner$10.00/M
Rank #120/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
$14.00/M
Rank #133/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
winner$4.38/M
Rank #127/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
$4.81/M
Rank #132/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
74.8%
Rank #90/125 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
winner81.4%
Rank #54/125 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
3.3%
Rank #180/187 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
winner7.3%
Rank #109/187 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
54.3%
Rank #156/188 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
winner71.2%
Rank #110/188 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
33.3
Rank #80/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner52.1
Rank #18/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
30.9%
Rank #88/115 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
winner66.9%
Rank #36/115 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
33.3%
Rank #120/185 · confidence 4
GPT-5.2
winner40.4%
Rank #64/185 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
0.3
Rank #47/47 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner40.7
Rank #10/47 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
25.4
Rank #54/56 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner58.5
Rank #24/56 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
19.7
Rank #75/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner43.8
Rank #16/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
54.3
Rank #91/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner90.3
Rank #19/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
3.3
Rank #94/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner35.4
Rank #21/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
11.2
Rank #90/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner42.2
Rank #22/99 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
37.9
Rank #75/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner79.7
Rank #39/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
861.0
Rank #65/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner1224.0
Rank #37/66 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
34.3
Rank #82/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner75.4
Rank #21/86 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
GPT-4o
25.1
Rank #75/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-5.2
winner84.8
Rank #44/84 · confidence 3 · eval date 2025-12-11
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | GPT-4o | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | GPT-4o | GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
20 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency 88 tok/s / 1593ms input / output No data | GPT-5.2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
15 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-5.2 speed / latency 56 tok/s / 1798ms input / output No data |
10 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency 57 tok/s / 3381ms input / output No data | GPT-5.2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-5.2 speed / latency 64 tok/s / 3553ms input / output No data |
5 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency 48 tok/s / 13138ms input / output No data | GPT-5.2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
GPT-4o gpt-4o speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | GPT-5.2 gpt-5.2 speed / latency No data input / output $0.024/M | |
GPT-4o gpt-4o-2024-05-13 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-5.2 gpt-5.2 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request |
Weighted outcome: GPT-5.2. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Input
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeWeb search | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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