Gemini 2.5 Pro vs o1-pro

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

Gemini 2.5 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 72 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1-pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $150.00 input / $600.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemini 2.5 Pro. That is roughly 120.0x on output cost alone. o1-pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Gemini 2.5 Pro is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Gemini 2.5 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for o1-pro.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Knowledge

o1-pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

67.5

o1-pro

79

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

Coding

Gemini 2.5 Pro
75
HumanEval
-
45
SWE-bench Verified
-
37
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o1-pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

83.1

o1-pro

86

84
AIME 2023
-
86
AIME 2024
86
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

Gemini 2.5 Pro
84
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or o1-pro?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is ahead overall, 72 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 83 and 79.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 67.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemini 2.5 Pro or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 83.1. Gemini 2.5 Pro stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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