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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs o4 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding

o4 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
o4 Mini
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Speed
o4 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 2.5 Proo4 MiniWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.00$0.55 o4 Mini
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$2.20 o4 Mini
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.13$0.28 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Cache Write (per 1M)$0.38N/A Gemini 2.5 Pro
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, o4 Mini is 70% cheaper overall.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Providers

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o4 Mini Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Wins
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o4 Mini Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo4 MiniWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
34.633.1
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
31.925.6
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
87.790.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
86.283.2
GPQA
Graduate-level science
84.478.4
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
80.185.9
Aider
Real-world code editing
-72.0-
AIME
Competition math
88.794.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 2.5 Pro
1,048,576
tokens
o4 Mini
200,000
tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro has a 81% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 2.5 Proo4 MiniWinner
Tokens/second123.4 tok/s126.0 tok/s
Time to First Token21.85s19.08s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 2.5 Proo4 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 2.5 Proo4 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedJun 2025Apr 2025

Gemini 2.5 Pro Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

o4 Mini Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

o4 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.55/M tokens. o4 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $2.20/M tokens.
Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 31.9, compared to o4 Mini's score of 25.6.
Gemini 2.5 Pro has a 1,048,576 token context window, while o4 Mini has a 200,000 token context window.
Gemini 2.5 Pro supports vision. o4 Mini supports vision.