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Compare GPT-5.2 and GPT-5 Nano. Build AI products powered by either model on Appaca.
Model Comparison
| Feature | GPT-5.2 | GPT-5 Nano |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Model Type | text | text |
| Context Window | 400,000 tokens | 400,000 tokens |
| Input Cost | $1.75/ 1M tokens | $0.05/ 1M tokens |
| Output Cost | $14.00/ 1M tokens | $0.40/ 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 Nano
OpenAI1. Extremely fast performance
- Fastest model in the GPT-5 family.
- Great for real-time workflows, rapid responses, and high-throughput systems.
2. Most cost-efficient GPT-5 model
- Lowest input and output token costs.
- Suitable for large-scale or budget-sensitive applications.
3. Ideal for lightweight, well-scoped tasks
- Excels at summarization, classification, text extraction, and simple logic tasks.
- Best used when tasks are narrow and well-defined.
4. Multimodal input
- Accepts text + image as input.
- Outputs text only.
5. Broad tool support
- Supports Web Search, File Search, Image Generation (as a tool), Code Interpreter, and MCP.
- (Does not support Computer Use.)
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
textScore Cold Sales Emails
Evaluate and improve a cold sales email using a weighted scorecard (clarity, relevance, proof, CTA, deliverability) with specific rewrite suggestions.
Literature Circle Role Cards
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Recurring Task System
Design a system to handle recurring tasks without them falling through the cracks.
Best for GPT-5 Nano
textInteractive Quiz (Diagnose Challenges + Recommend Solutions)
Design a website quiz that helps your persona self-diagnose challenges and recommends next steps aligned to your USP.
Group Trip Chat Introduction
Write a group chat introduction message for a new travel group. Sets a positive, organized tone from the start.
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