Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash vs GPT-4.1

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 45 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Google

39.3

Rank #170 Confirmed

GPT-4.1 OpenAI

35.9

Rank #219 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 45 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and GPT-4.1 in 3 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.5 Flash leads 39.9 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 73.1% for Gemini 2.5 Flash and 38.3% for GPT-4.1.
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $8 for GPT-4.1.
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash and GPT-4.1 specifications
Gemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index39.335.9
Released2025-04-172025-04-14
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$2
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$8
Results tracked5452

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 35.8 (#220), GPT-4.1: 34.4 (#238)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)28.7%39.6%
Aider Polyglot55.1%52.4%
WeirdML41.9%39%
LMArena Coding14241391
ALE-Bench661.88558.1
SWE-bench Verified—48.5%
CadEval—42%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4.1 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 30.8 (#74), GPT-4.1: 34.7 (#43)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.2%54%
Terminal-Bench17.1%—
TheAgentCompany41.1%—
BALROG33.5%—
Vending-Bench 2548.84—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 18.1 (#286), GPT-4.1: 11.7 (#339)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
ARC-AGI-22.5%0.4%
SimpleBench41.2%27%
Kagi LLM Benchmark56.8%52.3%
ARC-AGI-133.3%5.5%
EnigmaEval2.7%2.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14221384
DTBench76.5%68.3%
LMCA27.5%25.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index143.03136.78
ForecastBench60.661.5
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles—6%

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 39.9 (#98), GPT-4.1: 22.3 (#280)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.1%38.3%
Omni-MATH38.5%47.1%
LMArena Math14151370
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.8%5.5%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—6%
MATH Level 5—83%

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 36.4 (#168), GPT-4.1: 37.1 (#160)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
Humanity's Last Exam12.1%5.4%
MMLU-Pro63.9%81.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.8%5.6%
GPQA (HELM)39%65.9%
LMArena Expert14261364
GPQA Diamond—66.9%
SimpleQA Verified—31.1%
Confabulations16.8%—

Multimodal Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 41.8 (#32), GPT-4.1: 38.2 (#67)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
LMArena Vision12531211
GeoBench76%72%
VPCT46.2%—
SpatialViz-Bench36.9%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 52.3 (#88), GPT-4.1: 49.4 (#133)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
LMArena Non-English14091370
LMArena Chinese14501382
LMArena French14331382
LMArena German14181381
LMArena Japanese14051319
LMArena Korean13851339
LMArena Russian14151377
LMArena Spanish14211376

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 75.7 (#54), GPT-4.1: 71.3 (#153)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
IFEval89.8%83.8%
LMArena Instruction Following14051367

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 47.5 (#17), GPT-4.1: 40.0 (#163)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
Fiction.LiveBench77.8%63.9%
LMArena Longer Query14191385

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 53.8 (#157), GPT-4.1: 57.6 (#125)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashGPT-4.1
LMArena Text14171383
LMArena Creative Writing14001363
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11371420
WildBench81.7%85.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn14081398
Short-Story Creative Writing76.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than GPT-4.1?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or GPT-4.1?

Gemini 2.5 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 lists at $2 and $8.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash or GPT-4.1 better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash and GPT-4.1 share?

45 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4.1 has 52.

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