Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo vs GPT-5.2 Vision: which model should you choose?
We compared Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo and GPT-5.2 Vision on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. GPT-5.2 Vision has the stronger average benchmark score; GPT-5.2 Vision is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo
Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo is a frontier model from Anthropic. It offers a 2,000,000-token context window, costs $19.57 per million input tokens and $106.60 per million output tokens, and averages 85.7 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $19.57 / 1M
- Output
- $106.60 / 1M
- Context
- 2,000,000
- Avg score
- 85.7
- Open weights
- No
GPT-5.2 Vision
GPT-5.2 Vision is a frontier model from OpenAI. It offers a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $19.03 per million input tokens and $85.72 per million output tokens, and averages 87.4 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $19.03 / 1M
- Output
- $85.72 / 1M
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Avg score
- 87.4
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo | GPT-5.2 Vision | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $19.57 | $19.03 | B |
| Output price / 1M | $106.60 | $85.72 | B |
| Context window | 2,000,000 | 1,000,000 | A |
| Max output | 65,536 | 16,384 | A |
| Average score | 85.7 | 87.4 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1469.3 | 1484.3 | B |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo wins 3, GPT-5.2 Vision wins 9, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo | GPT-5.2 Vision | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 85.8 | 89.5 | 3.7 | GPT-5.2 Vision |
| GPQA Diamond | 81.9 | 82.1 | 0.2 | GPT-5.2 Vision |
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.0 | 78.8 | 3.8 | GPT-5.2 Vision |
| HumanEval | 89.8 | 91.2 | 1.4 | GPT-5.2 Vision |
| MATH-500 | 93.2 | 92.9 | 0.3 | Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo |
| AIME 2025 | 87.2 | 85.7 | 1.5 | Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo |
| LiveCodeBench | 78.5 | 83.4 | 4.9 | GPT-5.2 Vision |
| IFEval | 92.2 | 93.9 | 1.7 | GPT-5.2 Vision |
| TruthfulQA | 85.5 | 85.3 | 0.2 | Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo |
| HellaSwag | 92.8 | 94.6 | 1.8 | GPT-5.2 Vision |
| MMMU | 80.5 | 84.4 | 3.9 | GPT-5.2 Vision |
| Arena Elo | 1469.3 | 1484.3 | 15.0 | GPT-5.2 Vision |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo costs about $41.33 per million tokens and GPT-5.2 Vision costs about $35.70. GPT-5.2 Vision is roughly 14% cheaper than Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo has the larger context window at 2,000,000 tokens, compared with 1,000,000 for GPT-5.2 Vision. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo wins 3, GPT-5.2 Vision wins 9, and 0 are tied. On the index average, GPT-5.2 Vision leads Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo by 1.7 points (87.4 versus 85.7).
The price picture favours GPT-5.2 Vision. The context picture favours Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with GPT-5.2 Vision for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.
Choose Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo if
- You need the larger 2,000,000-token context window.
- You need the larger 65,536-token output limit.
Choose GPT-5.2 Vision if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
FAQ
Is Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo better than GPT-5.2 Vision?
On the index average, GPT-5.2 Vision leads Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo by 1.7 points (87.4 versus 85.7). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo wins 3 benchmarks, GPT-5.2 Vision wins 9.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo or GPT-5.2 Vision?
GPT-5.2 Vision is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $35.70 per million tokens, versus $41.33 for Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo.
Which has the larger context window?
Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo has the larger context window at 2,000,000 tokens. GPT-5.2 Vision has 1,000,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo is proprietary; GPT-5.2 Vision is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with GPT-5.2 Vision for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.