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ChatGPT vs Perplexity
Compare ChatGPT vs Perplexity: pricing, context window, benchmarks (coding, math, reasoning), capabilities. Updated April 2026.
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Free tier
Limited GPT-5 mini, ~10 GPT-5 messages/day
5 Pro searches/day
Standard plan
Plus — $20/mo
Pro — $20/mo
Top plan
Pro — $200/mo
Enterprise — $200/mo
API input / 1M tokens
$5.00
$3.00 Best
API output / 1M tokens
$15.00
$15.00 Best
Capability
Context window
256K Best
200K
Max output tokens
16K Best
4K
Knowledge cutoff
2026-01
Live (web)
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
72% Best
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Math (AIME 2025)
84% Best
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Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
79% Best
65%
Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
1410 Best
1280
Features
Image input
✓
✓
Voice mode
✓
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Web search
✓
✓
File upload
✓
✓
Image generation
✓
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Code execution
✓
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Agent / tool use
✓
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Persistent memory
✓
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ChatGPT
Best all-rounder. Strongest agent tooling (custom GPTs, code interpreter, browse).
Perplexity
Search-grounded, not a general assistant. Best when you need cited, real-time answers.
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