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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 vs GPT-5.1-Codex

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-5.1-Codex wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.1-Codex
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
Speed
GPT-5.1-Codex

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06GPT-5.1-CodexWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.25$1.25Tie
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$10.00Tie
Cache Read (per 1M)$125000.00$125000.00Tie
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
Both models have similar overall pricing.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 Providers

Google AI Studio $1.25 (Cheapest)
Google $1.25 (Cheapest)

GPT-5.1-Codex Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)
Azure $1.25 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 Wins
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GPT-5.1-Codex Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06GPT-5.1-CodexWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
29.542.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-36.6-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-95.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
83.786.0
GPQA
Graduate-level science
82.286.0
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
77.084.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
76.9--
AIME
Competition math
84.3--
GPT-5.1-Codex significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,535 tokens
GPT-5.1-Codex
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 has a 62% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06GPT-5.1-CodexWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s166.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s15.87s
GPT-5.1-Codex responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06GPT-5.1-Codex
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06GPT-5.1-Codex
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedMay 2025Nov 2025

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

GPT-5.1-Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 has cheaper input pricing at $1.25/M tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 has cheaper output pricing at $10.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 36.6, compared to Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06's score of N/A.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 has a 1,048,576 token context window, while GPT-5.1-Codex has a 400,000 token context window.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 supports vision. GPT-5.1-Codex supports vision.