GPT-5.2 Pro vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Compare GPT-5.2 Pro by OpenAI against Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI, context windows of 400K vs 1.0M, tested across 15 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.2 Pro
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is 280x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
Input
$21.00
Output
$168.00
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
70× cheaper
Output
$0.60
280× cheaper
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 70× input, 280× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
68%
GPT-5.2 Pro uses 3.1x more headings
GPT-5.2 Pro
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
62%Vocabulary63%
19wSentence Length15w
0.39Hedging0.19
8.6Bold5.2
3.8Lists3.2
0.00Emoji0.00
1.17Headings0.38
0.02Transitions0.05
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