OpenAI: GPT-5.2 vs OpenAI: GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4 (medium) leads on average score with 8.5 vs 8.4. GPT-5.2 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.951 vs $1.533. GPT-5.2 (medium) is faster at 22.62s vs 23.10s, with pass rates of 72.7% vs 77.3%.

Recommended modelGPT-5.2 (medium)Its score stays close to the best score here (8.4 vs 8.5), while costing about 1.6x less than GPT-5.4 (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-18

Metric	GPT-5.2 GPT-5.2 medium Release: 2025-12-11	GPT-5.4 GPT-5.4 medium Release: 2026-03-05

Metric	GPT-5.2 GPT-5.2 medium Release: 2025-12-11	GPT-5.4 GPT-5.4 medium Release: 2026-03-05
Score	8.4	8.5
Rank	#21	#18
Reliability	10.0	10.0
Consistency	8.5	8.6
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate	72.7%	77.3%
Flaky tests	4	4
Total Runs	66	66
Cost per result	6.791	10.220
Total Cost	$0.951	$1.533
Input Price	$1.750 / 1M	$2.500 / 1M
Output Price	$14.000 / 1M	$15.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens	105,004	81,127
Output Tokens	9,914	6,155
Reasoning Tokens	44,868	82,515
Response Time (avg)	22.62s	23.10s
Response Time (max)	102.93s	100.41s
Response Time (total)	339.28s	508.26s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#21 GPT-5.2

medium

Cost: $0.047
Time: 49.2s
Tokens: 3,396 tok

#18 GPT-5.4

medium

Cost: $0.214
Time: 199.6s
Tokens: 14,349 tok

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Anti-AI Tricks	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	6.5	8.0	58.3%	1		7.81s	606	567	2,002
GPT-5.4	8.3	10.0	75.0%	0		4.11s	606	240	1,511

Coding	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		22.73s	7,302	511	11,912
GPT-5.4	8.8	7.8	88.9%	1		44.36s	7,305	433	24,216

Combined	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		58.50s	82,056	7,304	14,693
GPT-5.4	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		29.77s	58,038	4,214	13,351

Data parsing and extraction	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		3.15s	7,140	234	420
GPT-5.4	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		5.32s	7,140	234	804

Domain specific	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	5.9	7.2	55.6%	1		77.80s	473	42	10,342
GPT-5.4	5.3	7.2	44.4%	1		74.27s	619	61	34,748

General Intelligence	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	3.7	9.7	0.0%	0		4.32s	477	162	269
GPT-5.4	4.7	3.1	33.3%	1		4.92s	477	145	321

Instructions following	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	9.9	10.0	100.0%	0		3.12s	660	94	614
GPT-5.4	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		3.11s	660	93	897

Puzzle Solving	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	7.5	7.3	77.8%	1		5.80s	642	735	924
GPT-5.4	8.2	7.2	88.9%	1		9.14s	642	441	3,815

Tool Calling	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	4.7	1.6	66.7%	1		10.30s	5,453	239	469
GPT-5.4	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		13.28s	5,445	264	1,031

Trivia	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
GPT-5.2	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		28.18s	195	26	3,223
GPT-5.4	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		13.95s	195	30	1,821

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