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Compare GPT-5.2 and GPT-5. Build AI products powered by either model on Appaca.
Model Comparison
| Feature | GPT-5.2 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Model Type | text | text |
| Context Window | 400,000 tokens | 400,000 tokens |
| Input Cost | $1.75/ 1M tokens | $1.25/ 1M tokens |
| Output Cost | $14.00/ 1M tokens | $10.00/ 1M tokens |
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Strengths & Best Use Cases
GPT-5.2
OpenAI1. Advanced Reasoning for Diverse Domains
- Built to tackle coding and agentic workflows across multiple industries, with configurable reasoning support.
2. Multi-Modal & Long-Form Capabilities
- Handles both text and image inputs, producing text output.
- Allows up to 128 k output tokens for lengthy responses.
3. Large Context & Updated Knowledge
- 400 k token context window accommodates extensive codebases or documents.
- Knowledge cut-off of Aug 31 2025 keeps it current with recent developments.
GPT-5
OpenAI1. High reasoning capability
- Designed for intelligent reasoning across complex domains.
- Supports reasoning tokens and adjustable reasoning effort.
2. Strong coding and agentic performance
- Optimized for multi-step coding tasks, tool-use chains, and agent workflows.
- Handles complex logic, planning, and structured problem solving reliably.
3. Multimodal input
- Accepts text + image as input.
- Produces text outputs with strong instruction following.
4. Extensive tool support
- Works with Web Search, File Search, Image Generation (as a tool), Code Interpreter, MCP, and more.
- Integrated across Chat Completions, Responses API, Realtime, Assistants, Batch, Embeddings, etc.
Prompts to Get Started
Use these prompts to power AI products you build on Appaca. Each works great with the models above.
Best for GPT-5.2
textSprint Retrospective Facilitation
Facilitate a productive sprint retrospective with structured prompts.
Business Case Document
Write a business case to get approval for a project or investment.
Change Management Announcement
Write a clear internal announcement communicating an organisational change.
Best for GPT-5
textLegal Contract Summarizer
Summarize complex legal contracts into plain English to understand key terms, obligations, and risks.
Restaurant Recommendation Email
Write a personalized restaurant recommendation email to a colleague, friend, or client traveling to a city. Positioned as insider knowledge.
Bug Fixer & Debugger
Identify bugs in your code, understand why they happen, and get a corrected version.