Roundup
Best AI Models for Coding
Which frontier models actually hold up in multi-file refactors, agentic tooling and test-driven work, and what they cost per million tokens.
OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat
openai/gpt-5.2-chat
GPT-5.2 Chat (AKA Instant) is the fast, lightweight member of the 5.2 family, optimized for low-latency chat while retaining strong general intelligence. It uses adaptive reasoning to selectively “think” on...
Listed (10 Dec 2025)
Source: OpenRouter (live)
- Input
- $1.75
- USD per 1M tokens
- Output
- $14.00
- USD per 1M tokens
- Blended
- $4.81
- 75% in / 25% out
- Context
- 128K
- tokens
- Max output
- 32K
- tokens
- Modality
- text+image+file->text
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Capabilities
Declared on the listing
- Tool / function calling Declared
- Reasoning controls Not declared
- Structured output Declared
- InputFile, Image, Text
- OutputText
Capabilities are read from the provider listing. “Not declared” means the listing does not advertise the feature, not that it is absent.
Why it costs this
Pricing context
- 6.0× median
- Market median blended price is $0.806/M across 417 priced models.
Alternatives
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$0.450
/M blended
Alternatives
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$5.00
/M blended
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/M blended
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/M blended
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$5.00
/M blended
Amazon
$5.00
/M blended
Within ±50% of $4.81/M blended.
Analysis
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