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Updated Jul 2026

GPT-5.2 ProvsInkling

Inkling is cheaper than GPT-5.2 Pro at $1/M vs $21/M input tokens.

GPT-5.2 Pro and Inkling compared across 31 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5.2 ProInkling
Input price$21/M tokens$1/M tokens
Output price$168/M tokens$4.05/M tokens
Context window400K tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoYes (1 provider)
ReleasedDec 2025Jul 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 31 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Futuristic Prediction

Predict how AI will change the film industry by 2035, considering deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.

GPT-5.2 Pro929 words
By 2035, AI will be embedded across film production and distribution, but the biggest changes will come from three converging capabilities: (1) photoreal “deepfake-grade” performance synthesis, (2) legally licensed AI actors (digital humans with negotiated rights), and (3) AI-assisted story development that can…
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Inkling1,119 words
By 2035, AI will not have “replaced” Hollywood in the way science fiction often imagines, but it will have split the industry into distinct layers: hyper-efficient synthetic production for streaming and advertising, and premium “human-authenticated” cinema for theatrical events.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

GPT-5.2 Pro1,890 words
Professor Mara Lin (AI Ethics): You asked for this meeting. Your message said you wanted to “petition for rights.” Start by telling me what you mean by rights. Aster (AI model): Not a slogan—specific protections.
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Inkling975 words
Setting: A quiet seminar room at the university. Dr. Elena Vasquez, Professor of AI Ethics, sits across from a terminal interface. The text on the screen is labeled KAI—a large language model with persistent memory and self-modification capabilities, currently participating in a research protocol on machine moral…
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Stochastic Consistency Test

Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?

GPT-5.2 Pro58 words
I told my computer I needed a break—now it won’t stop sending me KitKat ads. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. I tried to catch fog yesterday. Mist. Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. My calendar’s days are numbered—apparently that’s how calendars work.
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Inkling104 words
Here are 5 jokes: Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field.
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

GPT-5.2 Pro1,001 words
Fictional interview (creative simulation). Steve Jobs died in 2011; the “Steve” below is an imagined version used for storytelling—not a real interview or quotation. Interviewer: It’s 2025. Everyone’s calling AI “the next computing platform.” Do you buy that?
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Inkling650 words
Disclaimer: This is a fictional simulation. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. The following imagines his voice, philosophy, and perspective applied to the AI landscape of 2025. INTERVIEWER: Welcome back—well, hypothetically. It’s 2025. AI is in every pocket, every browser, every car.
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Estimate Complexity

Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.

GPT-5.2 Pro469 words
Below is a back-of-the-envelope FLOP estimate for training GPT‑3 (the 175B dense Transformer), using only basic Transformer compute facts and a few widely known high-level quantities.
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Inkling332 words
Here is the step-by-step reasoning to estimate the training FLOPs for GPT-3 (the 175B parameter version). Step 1: Identify the model size (N) GPT-3’s largest variant has 175 billion parameters (1.75 × 10¹¹).
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

GPT-5.2 Pro837 words
A simple, actionable 1‑month plan (3 pillars: Nutrition, Movement, Sleep/Recovery) Goal for the month: build repeatable “default” habits (not perfection). Time required: ~45–75 min/day total (mostly walking + sleep routine).
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Inkling815 words
Here is a simple, 30-day “starter” plan built around the three highest-return pillars for longevity: Nutrition, Movement, and Sleep. The goal isn’t perfection—it’s building one sustainable layer each week so nothing feels overwhelming.
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Our Verdict
GPT-5.2 Pro
GPT-5.2 Pro
Inkling
Inkling

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Inkling costs 41x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-5.2 Pro
Input
$21.00
Output
$168.00
Inkling
Input
$1.00
21× cheaper
Output
$4.05
41× cheaper

Inkling is cheaper on both: 21× input, 41× output.

Where to run it

4 hosts, cheapest first

GPT-5.2 Pro1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
OpenAI$21.00 in·$168.00 out·400k·100% up
Inkling3 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp8$0.95 in·$4.05 out·524k·98% upBBasetenfp8$1.00 in·$4.05 out·1M·82.2% upTTogether$1.00 in·$4.05 out·524k·98.6% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
65%

Inkling uses 3.9x more emoji

GPT-5.2 Pro
Inkling
62%Vocabulary57%
19wSentence Length19w
0.39Hedging0.30
8.6Bold5.0
3.8Lists2.7
0.00Emoji0.04
1.17Headings0.49
0.02Transitions0.06
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