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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs GPT-5

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-5 wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Speed
Gemini 2.5 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 2.5 ProGPT-5Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.25$1.25Tie
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$10.00Tie
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.13$0.13Tie
Cache Write (per 1M)$0.38N/A Gemini 2.5 Pro
Both models have similar overall pricing.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Providers

Google AI Studio $1.00 (Cheapest)
Google $1.25
Vercel $2.50

GPT-5 Providers

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

Benchmark Comparison

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Gemini 2.5 Pro Wins
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GPT-5 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGPT-5Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
34.644.6
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
31.936.0
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
87.794.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
86.287.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
84.485.4
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
80.184.6
Aider
Real-world code editing
-88.0-
AIME
Competition math
88.795.7
GPT-5 shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Gemini 2.5 Pro
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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 2.5 Pro
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
GPT-5
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro has a 62% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 2.5 ProGPT-5Winner
Tokens/second126.6 tok/s66.3 tok/s
Time to First Token25.27s131.42s
Gemini 2.5 Pro responds 91% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 2.5 ProGPT-5
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 2.5 ProGPT-5
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedJun 2025Aug 2025

Gemini 2.5 Pro Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

GPT-5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 2.5 Pro has cheaper input pricing at $1.25/M tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro has cheaper output pricing at $10.00/M tokens.
GPT-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 36.0, compared to Gemini 2.5 Pro's score of 31.9.
Gemini 2.5 Pro has a 1,048,576 token context window, while GPT-5 has a 400,000 token context window.
Gemini 2.5 Pro supports vision. GPT-5 supports vision.
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