# Gemini 2.5 Pro vs GPT-4.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 2.5 Pro and GPT-4.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-2-5-pro-vs-gpt-4-1
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 2.5 Pro leads overall 50.17 to 39.74.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 71.4 for Gemini 2.5 Pro and 51.3 for GPT-4.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 83% and 66.3%.
- GPT-4.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GPT-4.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 50.17 | 39.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.25 / $10.00 | $2.00 / $8.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 25.4 (Estimated · #91/117)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 42.01% | 25.65% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 24.4 (Supported · #108/143)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 63.8% | 54.6% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Vibe Code Bench | 0.40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 69.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 71.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 51.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 2.5 Pro
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 44.1 (Supported · #80/169)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 35.5 (Supported · #116/169)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 83% | 66.3% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| HLE | 18.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 56.4 (#76/124)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 48.9 (#83/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 2.5 Pro public-lane score: 35.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 28 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GPT-4.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 14.138% | 5.517% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.167% | 0.000% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 2.5 Pro or GPT-4.1?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 2.5 Pro and GPT-4.1?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 71.4 for Gemini 2.5 Pro and 51.3 for GPT-4.1.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 2.5 Pro cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 2.5 Pro currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-4.1 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-4.1 currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Gemini 2.5 Pro vs GPT-4.1 mini](/compare/gemini-2-5-pro-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 mini](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Gemini 2.5 Pro vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gemini-2-5-pro-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)

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