Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. GPT-5.2 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-5.2, released by OpenAI on December 11, 2025, is a large language model from the GPT-5 family that improves on GPT-5 in general intelligence, long-context understanding, agentic tool-calling, and vision. It features a 400K token context window, 128K maximum output tokens, and a knowledge cutoff of August 2025. GPT-5.2 targets long-context coding tasks, extended document analysis, and complex agentic workflows requiring reliable instruction following.
OpenAI
GPT-5.3 Codex, released by OpenAI in February 2026, is a coding-specialized large language model from the GPT-5.3 family. It targets software engineering workflows including automated code generation, test writing, and agentic multi-file editing, built on the incremental improvements of the GPT-5.3 generation.
1 month newer

GPT-5.2
OpenAI
2025-12-11

GPT-5.3 Codex
OpenAI
2026-02
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.3 Codex
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.3 Codex
GPT-5.2
2025-08
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.3 Codex
GPT-5.2
GPT-5.3 Codex