Migrating from gpt-5-pro to gpt-5.2-pro
What changes when you move from gpt-5-pro to gpt-5.2-pro: input price +40%, output price +40%.
- From
- gpt-5-pro
- Status
- Active
- Shutdown
- none announced
- Time left
- —
- Status
- Active
- Shutdown
- none announced
- Time left
- —
Prices
USD per 1M tokens, standard tier| Type | gpt-5-pro | gpt-5.2-pro | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $15.00first seen October 1, 2026 · source | $21.00first seen October 1, 2026 · source | +40% |
| Output | $120.00first seen October 1, 2026 · source | $168.00first seen October 1, 2026 · source | +40% |
At 1M input and 250K output tokens a month: $45.00 on gpt-5-pro, $63.00 on gpt-5.2-pro (+40%).
Other tiers, prompt-size bands and modalities are on each model's page.
Limits
Tokens| Limit | gpt-5-pro | gpt-5.2-pro | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 400,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | 400,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | 0% |
| Max output tokens | 272,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | 128,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | −52.9% |
Features and parameters
Compare models- Batch API: supported on gpt-5-pro, not supported on gpt-5.2-pro.gpt-5-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · gpt-5.2-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
Same on both
- Function calling: supported on both.gpt-5-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · gpt-5.2-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Image input: supported on both.gpt-5-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · gpt-5.2-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Reasoning / thinking: supported on both.gpt-5-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · gpt-5.2-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Fine-tuning: not supported on both.gpt-5-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · gpt-5.2-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Built-in web search: supported on both.gpt-5-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · gpt-5.2-pro: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
Not published for gpt-5-pro: Prompt caching, PDF input, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs.
Not published for gpt-5.2-pro: Structured outputs, Prompt caching, PDF input, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs.
Aliases
All aliasesNo aliases point at either model.
Checklist
- Change the model string from
gpt-5-protogpt-5.2-pro. - Check
max_tokens: gpt-5.2-pro returns at most 128,000 tokens, gpt-5-pro up to 272,000 tokens. - Re-check costs: gpt-5.2-pro costs more than gpt-5-pro (input +40%, output +40%).
Compared from AIWire's published data when this page loaded. Each fact links to the page it came from. Model pages: gpt-5-pro, gpt-5.2-pro.