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GPT 5.2 Codex
by OpenAI
CLOSEDHOSTEDAPILONG CONTEXTPAIDREASONING
RANKED #107 OF 228 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #179 OF 6,618 · VIBE SCORE 5.9 · 111 VOICES
GPT-5.2-Codex is an upgraded version of GPT-5.1-Codex optimized for software engineering and coding workflows. It is designed for both interactive development sessions and long, independent execution of complex engineering tasks....
HAPPY8.9
21 mentions
SAD6.1
19 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 39 voices
HONEYMOON FADING
Early praise is cooling off in recent weeks.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. OpenAI hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
GPT 5.2 Codex is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.5
Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaPick for offline multimodal coding and agentic tasks on local hardware.💻 STRONG AT CODE🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE❤️ CROWD FAVORITE5.7k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.7
Mistral SmallMistralPick for fast multimodal reasoning and code assistance on consumer GPUs.💸 COST EFFICIENT🪶 RUNS ON LESS🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE922 VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Not enough discussion about GPT 5.2 Codex yet to call it. We found 111 posts but people did not say much either way.
96 POSTS · 15 COMMENTS · HACKER NEWS · X · GITHUB · REDDIT · LEMMY · BLOG
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- No complaints yet. The internet is still looking for one. Suspicious.
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Other models the crowd has fully reviewed, starting with multimodal models like this one.
Grok 4.6
Gemini 3.7 Flash> SOURCES (12)
- HACKER NEWS · 2025-12-18 · 589 UPVOTESGPT-5.2-Codex
GPT-5.2-Codex
- REDDIT · 2026-03-27 · 228 UPVOTESNew Model Leak, and more…
New Model Leak, and more…
- REDDIT · 2026-01-14 · 170 UPVOTES🚀 GPT-5.2-Codex is now generally available in GitHub Copilot!
🚀 GPT-5.2-Codex is now generally available in GitHub Copilot!
- REDDIT · 2025-12-18 · 151 UPVOTESOpenAI just launched GPT 5.2 Codex: The most capable agentic coding and cybersecurity model ever built
OpenAI just launched GPT 5.2 Codex: The most capable agentic coding and cybersecurity model ever built
- REDDIT · 2026-02-02 · 121 UPVOTESOpenAI just mass-deployed Codex to every surface developers touch
OpenAI just mass-deployed Codex to every surface developers touch
- REDDIT · 2026-01-30 · 85 UPVOTESI maxed out Cursor Pro ($20). Here’s the actual token limit
I maxed out Cursor Pro ($20). Here’s the actual token limit
- REDDIT · 2026-02-03 · 85 UPVOTESChatGPT just dropped a ton of new features - GPT-5.2, Codex app, $8 "Go" plan. Here's what actually matters.
ChatGPT just dropped a ton of new features - GPT-5.2, Codex app, $8 "Go" plan. Here's what actually matters.
- REDDIT · 2026-01-15 · 74 UPVOTESWill SaaS die within 5 years?
Will SaaS die within 5 years?
- REDDIT · 2025-12-24 · 64 UPVOTESI tested GPT-5.2 Codex vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Claude Opus on real dev tasks
I tested GPT-5.2 Codex vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Claude Opus on real dev tasks
- REDDIT · 2026-01-27 · 63 UPVOTES‘Vibe-coded’ a Minecraft inspired AI benchmark
‘Vibe-coded’ a Minecraft inspired AI benchmark
- REDDIT · 2025-12-18 · 60 UPVOTESGPT-5.2-Codex: SWE-Bench Pro scores compared to other models
GPT-5.2-Codex: SWE-Bench Pro scores compared to other models
- REDDIT · 2026-01-06 · 59 UPVOTESOpenAI might be testing GPT-5.2 “Codex-Max” as users report Codex upgrades
OpenAI might be testing GPT-5.2 “Codex-Max” as users report Codex upgrades