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GPT-5.2 Codex is OpenAI’s proprietary AI model, released Dec 18, 2025. It costs $1.75/M input and $14/M output tokens, and handles a 400K-token context window. Its strongest use case is reasoning & knowledge, where it ranks in the 76th percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

GPT-5.2-Codex is an upgraded version of GPT-5.1-Codex optimized for software engineering and coding workflows.

Context
400K
Input
$1.75 / 1M
Output
$14 / 1M
Released
Dec 18, 2025
Modalities
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Strongest atReasoning & Knowledge top 24%Agentic & Tools top 30%Coding top 34%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where GPT-5.2 Codex lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

71.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
71st percentile of tracked models
66.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
66th percentile of tracked models
70.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
70th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

2 evals
GPQA Diamond89.9%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam33.5%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

Coding

2 evals
SciCode54.6%

Scientific research coding

WebDev Arena1335

Human-rated web development

Agentic & Tools

3 evals
APEX27.6%

Multi-step agentic tasks

Terminal-Bench66.5%

Command-line agentic tasks

τ²-bench92.1%

Tool-agent-user reliability

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Frequently asked questions

What is GPT-5.2 Codex?

GPT-5.2-Codex is an upgraded version of GPT-5.1-Codex optimized for software engineering and coding workflows.

Who created GPT-5.2 Codex?

GPT-5.2 Codex is an AI model developed by OpenAI, part of the GPT family, released Dec 18, 2025.

How much does GPT-5.2 Codex cost?

GPT-5.2 Codex's list price from OpenAI is $1.75 per million input tokens and $14 per million output tokens.

What is GPT-5.2 Codex's context window?

GPT-5.2 Codex supports a context window of up to 400K tokens.

How does GPT-5.2 Codex perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, GPT-5.2 Codex scores 54.6% on SciCode, 66.5% on Terminal-Bench, 89.9% on GPQA Diamond.

Is GPT-5.2 Codex open source?

GPT-5.2 Codex is a proprietary model (API access), available through its provider's API rather than as a downloadable open-weight model.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Jul 30, 2026.