Gemini 2.5 Pro vs GPT-4o mini

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 72 to 43. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens for GPT-4o mini. That is roughly 8.3x on output cost alone. Gemini 2.5 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for GPT-4o mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4o mini only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Knowledge

GPT-4o mini

Gemini 2.5 Pro

67.5

GPT-4o mini

82

83
MMLU
82
83
GPQA
-
81
SuperGPQA
-
79
OpenBookQA
-
76
MMLU-Pro
-
3
HLE
-

Coding

GPT-4o mini

Gemini 2.5 Pro

52.3

GPT-4o mini

87.2

75
HumanEval
87.2
45
SWE-bench Verified
-
37
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Gemini 2.5 Pro
84
AIME 2023
-
86
AIME 2024
-
85
AIME 2025
-
80
HMMT Feb 2023
-
82
HMMT Feb 2024
-
81
HMMT Feb 2025
-
83
BRUMO 2025
-
84
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Gemini 2.5 Pro
81
SimpleQA
-
79
MuSR
-
81
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Gemini 2.5 Pro
83
IFEval
-

Multilingual

GPT-4o mini

Gemini 2.5 Pro

84

GPT-4o mini

87

84
MGSM
87

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is ahead overall, 72 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 75 and 87.2.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 67.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 2.5 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 87.2 versus 52.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 84. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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