OpenAIReasoningReleased 10 December 2025
GPT-5.2 Chat pricing, context and benchmark
GPT-5.2 Chat (AKA Instant) is the fast, lightweight member of the 5.2 family, optimized for low-latency chat while retaining strong general intelligence.
128K
Input context
32K
Output context
$1.75
Official input
$14
Official output
n/a
AA index
01 · Model Overview
Everything that matters, in one table
Context, pricing, cache, modalities and tooling, from the model registry and Artificial Analysis.
| Model | GPT-5.2 Chat |
| Model ID | openai/gpt-5.2-chat |
| Provider | OpenAI |
| Release date | 10 December 2025 |
| Status | Generally available |
| Input context | 128,000 tokens |
| Output context | 32,000 tokens |
| Official input pricing | $1.75 per 1M tokens |
| Official output pricing | $14 per 1M tokens |
| Cache read pricing | $0.175 per 1M tokens |
| Market input pricing | $1.75 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Market output pricing | $14 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Input modalities | file · image · text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Reasoning control | Not exposed |
| Tool support | Functions, tool choice, structured outputs |
| Tokenizer | GPT |
| Provider routes | 1 endpoint |
| Artificial Analysis index | Not published |
| Speed | Not published |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not publicly stated |
Input and output support
| Modality | Input | Output | Billed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | ✓ yes | ✓ yes | $1.75 in |
| Image | ✓ yes | no | $1.75 in |
| Audio | no | no | not supported |
| Video | no | no | not supported |
| File (PDF) | ✓ yes | no | $1.75 in |
02 · Overview
What is GPT-5.2 Chat?
GPT-5.2 Chat (AKA Instant) is the fast, lightweight member of the 5.2 family, optimized for low-latency chat while retaining strong general intelligence.
It uses adaptive reasoning to selectively “think” on...
GPT-5.2 Chat carries a 128K token window, uses the GPT tokenizer and is served by OpenAI. On Hoodgen it sits in the Reasoning tier of the model menu next to its siblings, so you can switch mid conversation without losing the thread.
03 · Release
Release and what changed from the previous version
Released10 December 2025
| Property | GPT-5.2 Pro | GPT-5.2 Chat | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2025 | Same release window |
| Context | 400K | 128K | Changed |
| Max output | 128K | 32K | Changed |
| Input price | $21 | $1.75 | Cheaper |
| Output price | $168 | $14 | Cheaper |
| Input modalities | image, text, file | file, image, text | Unchanged |
| AA index | n/a | n/a | Newer benchmark run |
04 · Capabilities
Features and capabilities
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Function calling
Tools, tool choice and parallel calls, which is what agent loops need to act on results.
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Structured outputs
Schema constrained JSON with response_format, so no parse and retry loop in your code.
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Vision
Screenshots, charts and photographed documents are read at the text token rate.
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Files and PDFs
Documents go in as files rather than pasted text, keeping layout and tables intact.
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Prompt caching
Cached input costs $0.175 per million instead of $1.75, so stable prefixes get cheaper.
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Seeds
A seed can be pinned so the same prompt is reproducible across test runs.
07 · Use cases
What can you do with GPT-5.2 Chat?
Debugging and root cause
Multi file failures where the model has to hold a causal chain before answering.
Architecture and planning
Design docs, migration plans and trade off analysis over long context.
Data analysis
Spreadsheets and logs read in one pass, then summarised with the numbers quoted back.
Agentic coding
Repo wide changes that need plan, edit and verify loops.
08 · Cost levers
Prompt caching and how to cut the bill
Cached input bills at $0.175 per million instead of $1.75. Keep the system prompt and documents first and the changing question last, so every call hits the cache.
09 · Pricing
GPT-5.2 Chat pricing
Official pricing
List price
$1.75 / 1M in
$14 / 1M out
- $0.175 cached input
- 128K context
- file, image, text input
Cheapest route
$1.75 / 1M in
$14 / 1M out
- 1 route on OpenRouter
- What Hoodgen routes to first
- Same model, lower bill
Market pricing, every route
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | standard | $1.75 | $14 | $0.175 | n/a |
API pricing and cost calculator
| Rate | Per call | Total | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $0.0371 | $18.55 | 17623 |
| List price | $0.0371 | $18.55 | 17623 |
10 · Developers
API and developer information
| Model ID | openai/gpt-5.2-chat |
| Endpoint | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions |
| Parameters | max_completion_tokens · response_format · seed · structured_outputs · tool_choice · tools · verbosity |
| Streaming | Yes, server sent events |
| Modality string | text+image+file->text |
| Max prompt tokens | 128,000 |
| Max completion tokens | 32,000 |
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "openai/gpt-5.2-chat",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarise this document." }],
"max_tokens": 1024
}'11 · Limitations
Model limitations
| Text only output | It cannot generate images, audio or video. Pair it with an image model on Hoodgen when you need visuals. |
| Output cap | 32,000 tokens per request. Long deliverables have to be chunked. |
| Benchmarks not published | Artificial Analysis does not publish an Intelligence Index for this release, so no benchmark score is claimed here. |
| Knowledge cutoff | The provider does not state a fixed cutoff for every release. Verify very recent events against search. |
12 · Comparison
GPT-5.2 Chat vs other OpenAI models
| Model | Context | Input /1M | Output /1M | AA index | Released |
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| GPT-5.2 Chat | 128K | $1.75 | $14 | n/a | 2025 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | 1.05M | $30 | $180 | n/a | 2026 |
| GPT-5.4 Pro | 1.05M | $30 | $180 | n/a | 2026 |
| GPT-5.2 Pro | 400K | $21 | $168 | n/a | 2025 |
| o3 Pro | 200K | $20 | $80 | n/a | 2025 |
| GPT-5 Pro | 400K | $15 | $120 | n/a | 2025 |
13 · Privacy
Privacy and data policy
- On Hoodgen, prompts and attachments answer that request and stay in your conversation history so you can reopen it. They are not used to train models.
- Requests route through OpenRouter to OpenAI and are covered by that provider's API terms.
- Do not paste secrets or personal data you would not send to any hosted model.
14 · FAQ
GPT-5.2 Chat questions, answered
GPT-5.2 Chat is a reasoning model from OpenAI, released 10 December 2025. GPT-5.2 Chat (AKA Instant) is the fast, lightweight member of the 5.2 family, optimized for low-latency chat while retaining strong general intelligence.
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