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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs o4-mini (high)

Updated November 13, 2026. We do not rank this pair: at least one has no public score. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. 2 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
Google logo

Google

48.78/100

Supported · Public rank #100

90% interval 34.1–63.5

Model B
OpenAI logo

OpenAI

—

Evidence status unavailable

90% interval unavailable

API price per 1M tokens

Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25 input / $10 output

o4-mini (high): No comparable API price

Context window

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 1M

o4-mini (high): 200K

Released

Gemini 2.5 Pro: March 1, 2025

o4-mini (high): April 16, 2025

Shared results
2
Gemini 2.5 Pro only
7
o4-mini (high) only
4
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8
Supported: Gemini 2.5 ProHow the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    Gemini 2.5 Pro

    Gemini 2.5 Pro has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented
Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    O4-mini (high) is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.

    Confidence: limited
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    O4-mini (high) is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.

    Confidence: limited
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. o4-mini (high) does not fit this workload in one request. o4-mini (high) has no comparable published API token rate.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

21.9Gemini 2.5 Pro—o4-mini (high)

Not comparable · BenchAlign v5.8

The coding row is not comparable on the public lane: at least one model is not measured or not ranked there.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

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What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Math

    Normalized gap 11.6
    Gemini 2.5 Pro:24.561%
    o4-mini (high):36.140%
  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Math

    Normalized gap 4.9
    Gemini 2.5 Pro:0.000%
    o4-mini (high):4.878%
Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, reasoning, multimodal, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Agentic

Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Pro
28.8
Estimated · #110/135
o4-mini (high)
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 1 vs 0 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Coding

Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Pro
21.9
Supported · #129/162
o4-mini (high)
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 3 vs 1 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Pro
37.1
Estimated · #100/160
o4-mini (high)
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 0 vs 0 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Not ranked
o4-mini (high)
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 0 vs 0 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Knowledge

Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Pro
44.8
Supported · #97/180
o4-mini (high)
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 2 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Not ranked
o4-mini (high)
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Pro
57.8
#90/157
o4-mini (high)
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Pro
33.2
Unranked · 3 rankable rows
o4-mini (high)
41.2
Unranked · 3 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, reasoning, multimodal, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Pro
$0.00625
Fits in one request
o4-mini (high)
API rate not published
Fits in one request

o4-mini (high) has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Pro
$0.0925
Fits in one request
o4-mini (high)
API rate not published
Fits in one request

o4-mini (high) has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Pro
$0.15
Fits in one request
o4-mini (high)
API rate not published
Does not fit in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

o4-mini (high) does not fit this workload in one request. o4-mini (high) has no comparable published API token rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Price against score, among all priced models

Overall score against output price per 1M tokens, one model per family. Pricing as of November 12, 2026.

Gemini 2.5 Pro

20406080100$0.10$0.50$1$5$10$50$100Output price, $ per 1M tokens (log)Overall score
  • 34 models score at least as high as Gemini 2.5 Pro for the same price or less. The nearest is Gemini 4 Carbon (score 89.2, also $10.00 per 1M output tokens).
  • o4-mini (high) has no overall score yet, so it is not plotted.

Gray dots are the other priced models. The dark step line is the efficiency frontier: for a model under it, another model costs no more and scores at least as high.

See Gemini 2.5 Pro on the full price vs performance chart

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

o4-mini (high)

200K

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Gemini 2.5 Pro

$0.125 per 1M cached input tokens

Google Gemini API pricing

o4-mini (high)

No comparable hosted API rate

Provider availability

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Not sourced

o4-mini (high)

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Non-Reasoning

o4-mini (high)

Reasoning

Weight access

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Proprietary

o4-mini (high)

Proprietary

License

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Proprietary

o4-mini (high)

Proprietary

Release date

Gemini 2.5 Pro

2025-03-01

o4-mini (high)

2025-04-16

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Gemini 2.5 Pro has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or o4-mini (high)?

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 2.5 Pro or o4-mini (high)?

O4-mini (high) is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 2.5 Pro or o4-mini (high)?

O4-mini (high) is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.

Which costs less, Gemini 2.5 Pro or o4-mini (high)?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or o4-mini (high)?

Gemini 2.5 Pro has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 200K.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence13 rows

Agentic

  • Gert Labs

    Gemini 2.5 Pro42.01%
    Source
    o4-mini (high)—

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Gemini 2.5 Pro63.8%
    Source
    o4-mini (high)—

    Not directly comparable

  • Vibe Code Bench

    Gemini 2.5 Pro0.40%
    Source
    o4-mini (high)—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    Gemini 2.5 Pro54.4%
    Source
    o4-mini (high)—

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    Gemini 2.5 Pro—
    o4-mini (high)82.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Gemini 2.5 Pro83%
    Source
    o4-mini (high)—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    Gemini 2.5 Pro18.8%
    Source
    o4-mini (high)—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    Gemini 2.5 Pro—
    o4-mini (high)74.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    Gemini 2.5 Pro—
    o4-mini (high)80.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME 2024

    Gemini 2.5 Pro92%
    Source
    o4-mini (high)—

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Shared source
    Gemini 2.5 Pro24.561%
    o4-mini (high)36.140%

    o4-mini (high) leads this result

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    Shared source
    Gemini 2.5 Pro0.000%
    o4-mini (high)4.878%

    o4-mini (high) leads this result

  • AIME 2025

    Gemini 2.5 Pro—
    o4-mini (high)92.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

13 public results · 2 shared

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Last updated November 13, 2026