OpenAI's flagship meets Google's speed demon. We compare them across eight dimensions so you can pick the right tool. Then test it yourself with LLMWise Compare mode.
| Dimension | GPT-5.2 | Gemini 3 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Writing | GPT-5.2 is widely considered the best creative writing model, producing vivid, engaging prose with natural variety in tone and rhythm. | Gemini 3 Flash can produce serviceable creative content but tends toward formulaic structure and lacks the stylistic range of premium models. | |
| Speed | GPT-5.2 delivers solid speed for a frontier model but cannot compete with models specifically optimized for low latency. | Gemini 3 Flash is significantly faster, often delivering complete responses in the time it takes GPT-5.2 to finish its first paragraph. | |
| Cost | GPT-5.2 sits at premium pricing. For high-volume applications, costs can scale quickly without careful prompt engineering. | Gemini 3 Flash is a fraction of the cost per token, making it the clear choice for cost-constrained or high-volume use cases. | |
| Multimodal | GPT-5.2 supports image input with strong visual reasoning and can describe, analyze, and answer questions about images accurately. | Gemini 3 Flash has deeper multimodal integration, supporting images, video frames, and documents natively with fast processing. | |
| Coding | GPT-5.2 generates reliable, well-documented code and has a mature ecosystem of coding-focused features like function calling and structured outputs. | Gemini 3 Flash writes functional code for common patterns but drops off in quality for complex, multi-step programming tasks. | |
| General Knowledge | GPT-5.2 has a broad, deep knowledge base and handles trivia, factual questions, and domain-specific queries with high accuracy. | Gemini 3 Flash has solid general knowledge backed by Google's training data, though it can be less precise on niche or technical topics. | |
| Integration & Ecosystem | OpenAI's ecosystem is the most mature, with extensive documentation, a large community, and wide third-party tool support. | Google's ecosystem is growing but still trails OpenAI in terms of third-party integrations, community resources, and plug-and-play tooling. | |
| Reliability | GPT-5.2 has occasional outages and rate limit issues during peak usage, though overall uptime has improved steadily. | Gemini 3 Flash benefits from Google's infrastructure and tends to have consistent availability, though error messaging could be more helpful. | tie |
GPT-5.2 is the stronger model for quality-sensitive tasks: creative writing, complex coding, and general knowledge queries. Gemini 3 Flash is the smarter choice when you need speed, low cost, or multimodal processing at scale. Many production systems benefit from using both, routing based on task requirements.
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