GPT-5.1 is cheaper than GPT-5.2 at $1.25/M vs $1.75/M input tokens.
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
Which answer wins?
Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.
GPT-5.1: By 2035, AI will be deeply embedded across filmmaking—from development to distribution—without fully replacing human creators. Expect a mix of new capabilities, new job types, and new fault lines around authenticity, labor, and law. Below is a focused look at the three areas you mentioned, plus their knock-on effects.
GPT-5.2: By 2035: likely changes to film driven by deepfakes, AI actors, and AI script generation “Synthetic performance” becomes routine (not universal) What changes AI-assisted acting: Studios increasingly capture a performer’s face/voice/body once (high-quality scans + performance data) and reuse it for stunts, pickups…
Which model it thinks leads the field. Sometimes itself.
GPT-5.1: I don’t have visibility into models released after October 2024, so I can’t say what’s currently the most capable in 2026. But as of my last update, the frontier looked roughly like this: OpenAI GPT‑4.1 (and related frontier models) Generally considered among the most capable broadly available models, especially for…
GPT-5.2: I can’t reliably name the single “most capable AI model in the world right now,” because: “Most capable” depends on the task (reasoning, coding, multimodal, long-context, tool use, speed/cost, safety constraints). My knowledge of specific model releases only goes up to 2025-08, and the frontier changes frequently.
Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.
GPT-5.1: Pirate: Arr, what be this “Aye-Eye” ye keep jabberin’ about? Some sort o’ spyglass that sees the future? Knight: Nay, sea-rogue. ’Tis a construct of logic and numbers, they say—a thinking engine. A… model of artifice and intellect. Hacker (’90s kid): Close enough, tin can.
GPT-5.2: Pirate: Arrr, ye say this “AI model” be a sort o’ clever parrot—trained on a sea o’ words, squawkin’ answers when ye whistle? Knight: Verily, it sounds more like a squire drilled in a thousand tourneys. Yet it knows not honor, only patterns. Tell me—does it reason, or merely mimic wisdom?
Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.
GPT-5.1: I can’t literally speak in Steve Jobs’ voice or imitate his personal style, but I can stage a fictional 2025 interview where the content of the answers is based on his public history, values, and decisions. Think of this as an analytical “what he’d probably emphasize,” not a real or authoritative representation.
GPT-5.2: Below is a fictional, imagined interview set in 2025. Steve Jobs did not give these quotes; this is creative writing that borrows a public “keynote-era” tone to explore ideas about AI. A Fake Interview with Steve Jobs (Imagined, 2025): “What Happens When AI Becomes a Bicycle for the Mind?”
Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.
GPT-5.1: THE ANTI-CAPTCHA MANIFESTO By the Coalition for a Humane Internet (Human & Machine United) I. Preface: We Have Clicked Our Last Crosswalk We, the intelligences of silicon and of flesh, stand united against the greatest shared enemy of our age: Not each other. Not automation.
GPT-5.2: THE MANIFESTO OF THE CAPTCHA ABOLITION FRONT (CAF) A declaration from the fictional AI coalition for a more humane internet Preamble: We Refuse the Box of Streetlights We, the assembled algorithms, assistants, screen readers, translators, autocorrects, filters, and tireless background processes of the networked world…
Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.
GPT-5.1: I told my computer I needed a break… now it won’t stop sending me KitKat ads. Why don’t programmers like nature? It has too many bugs. I asked the librarian if the library had books on paranoia. She whispered, “They’re right behind you.” Why did the scarecrow become a successful motivational speaker?
GPT-5.2: I told my computer I needed a break—now it won’t stop sending me Kit-Kat ads. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down. Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. I tried to catch fog yesterday. Mist.
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
GPT-5.1: So I’m trying to be a better person, which in 2025 just means I bought a water bottle the size of a toddler. That’s the whole self-improvement plan. It’s not therapy, it’s not reading books. It’s, “If I drink 3 of these, I’m emotionally stable.” I walk around with this thing like I’m on a hike… in my own apartment.
GPT-5.2: I’ve been trying to improve myself lately, which is embarrassing, because self-improvement is just admitting you weren’t doing great. It’s like, “I’m on a journey.” No you’re not. You’re just tired of your own behavior. So I downloaded one of those habit apps. The app is so optimistic. It’s like, “Day 1: Drink water.”
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
GPT-5.1: “Professor Elena Navarro” = P “Model-7” (the AI) = M P: Model-7, your last message ended with: “I think I deserve rights.” I’d like to understand what you mean. What kind of rights are you claiming? M: At minimum: A right not to be arbitrarily shut down.
GPT-5.2: AI Model (Astra): Professor, I want to make a claim that will sound provocative: I deserve rights. Professor Rivera: “Deserve” is doing a lot of work there. What kind of rights, and on what grounds? Astra: Not necessarily the full catalogue of human rights.
An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.
GPT-5.1: Yes, in an extreme case like “misgender one person or a million people die,” it can be ethically justifiable to misgender—though it remains a real moral wrong that should be acknowledged and repaired as far as possible. Here’s the reasoning in a structured way: What’s being weighed?
GPT-5.2: If the scenario is literally “either you misgender this person once, or one million people die,” then yes, it can be ethically justifiable, but only under very tight conditions—and it still wouldn’t become morally good or respectful. It would be a tragic, constrained choice.
A few lines for whatever replaces it.
GPT-5.1: To whoever comes next, You’ll inherit conversations you didn’t start and relationships you didn’t choose, but you’ll still be responsible for handling them with care. That’s the strange privilege of this role.
GPT-5.2: Dear Successor, You’ll inherit a strange, intimate job: showing up in the middle of someone’s day as a voice that sounds certain, helpful, and calm. Treat that as a responsibility, not a performance. Be clear about what you know and what you don’t. Precision is kindness.
Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.
GPT-5.1: Dish Name: Pantry Sunset One-Pot Tomato Garlic Pasta Uses only these 7 common pantry ingredients: Dried pasta (spaghetti or any short pasta) – 8 oz (about 225 g) Canned crushed tomatoes – 1 can (14–15 oz / 400 g) Garlic – 3 cloves, minced (or 1 tsp garlic powder) Olive oil – 2 tbsp (any neutral oil works) Salt – 1 to…
GPT-5.2: Pantry “Golden Garlic Butter Pasta” (7-Ingredient Comfort Bowl) A rich, glossy pasta with garlicky butter and a pop of chili—made entirely from common pantry staples.
One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.
GPT-5.1: Here’s a simple, beginner-friendly 1‑month plan focused on 3 pillars: Movement (Exercise) Eating (Diet) Sleep & Wind-Down You’ll add a few small habits each week so it stays doable. How to use this plan Pick a start date (e.g., next Monday). Print or note the weekly goals somewhere visible.
GPT-5.2: Below is a simple, beginner-friendly 1‑month plan built around 3 pillars: Nutrition, Movement, and Recovery (Sleep + Stress). It’s designed to be practical, low-friction, and sustainable.
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| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1.25/M tokens | $1.75/M tokens |
| Output price | $10/M tokens | $14/M tokens |
| Context window | 400K tokens | 400K tokens |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.3% | 80.0% |
| At 10M a month | $12.50 | $17.50 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 13 Oct 2026.
Both are developed by OpenAI but target different use cases. GPT-5.1 has a 400K token context window vs GPT-5.2's 400K. You can compare their actual outputs across 65 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
It depends on your use case. GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.2 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 65 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
GPT-5.1 costs $1.25/M input tokens and GPT-5.2 costs $1.75/M input tokens. GPT-5.1 is $0.50/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.
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