Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Pro vs o1

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 48 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Google

45.0

Rank #75 Confirmed

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 48 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and o1 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 2.5 Pro leads 56.0 to 41.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Aider Polyglot: 83.1% for Gemini 2.5 Pro and 61.7% for o1.
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro is cheaper at $1.25 / $10 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $60 for o1.
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Pro and o1 specifications
Gemini 2.5 Proo1
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index45.040.9
Released2025-03-252024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K100K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$15
Output $ / M tokens$10$60
Results tracked7852

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Category by category

Coding o1 leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 42.4 (#101), o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
Aider Polyglot83.1%61.7%
WeirdML54%47.6%
LiveBench Coding85.9%69.7%
LMArena Coding14521367
CadEval64%56%
SWE-bench Verified57.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)53.6%—
LMArena WebDev1227—
SciCode42.8%—
GSO3.9%—
ALE-Bench785.52—
AlgoTune1.51—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 29.2 (#88), o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
METR Time Horizons55.4%51.1%
Terminal-Bench32.6%—
GDPval23.3%—
Remote Labor Index0.8%—
TheAgentCompany30.3%—
τ²-bench Banking13.7%—
Cybench—10%
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
BALROG43.3%—
LMArena Search1142—
Vending-Bench 2573.64—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 28.8 (#99), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
SimpleBench62.4%41.7%
ARC-AGI-141%30.7%
Chess Puzzles20%15%
EnigmaEval5.6%5.7%
LiveBench Reasoning89.8%91.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14551371
DTBench82.4%74.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis79.9%65.5%
LMCA34.8%22.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.32141.91
LiveBench82.3%75.7%
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
CritPt2%—
ForecastBench61.3—

Math o1 leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 32.5 (#213), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)24.6%14.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202584.7%73.3%
LiveBench Math90.2%80.3%
LMArena Math14501388
MATH Level 595.9%94.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)14.1%9.3%
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
Omni-MATH41.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 56.0 (#46), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
GPQA Diamond85.3%76.8%
Humanity's Last Exam21.6%8%
Confabulations10.6%11.7%
LMArena Expert14521361
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%
MMLU-Pro86.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—
GPQA (HELM)74.9%—

Multimodal Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 45.2 (#18), o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
LMArena Vision12631168
GeoBench86%80%
VPCT48%37%
SpatialViz-Bench44.7%41.4%
LMArena Document1421—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 55.3 (#31), o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
LMArena Non-English14511358
LMArena Chinese15071394
LMArena French14721344
LMArena German14871337
LMArena Japanese14611346
LMArena Korean14341396
LMArena Russian14611356
LMArena Spanish14731345

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 75.0 (#75), o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
LiveBench Instruction Following80.6%81.5%
LMArena Instruction Following14371367
IFEval84%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 59.8 (#5), o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
Fiction.LiveBench91.7%83.3%
LMArena Longer Query14491378

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 63.7 (#62), o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo1
LMArena Text14581366
LMArena Creative Writing14541348
Short-Story Creative Writing83.8%70.2%
LMArena Multi-Turn14531369
LiveBench Language67.8%65.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1421—
WildBench85.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than o1?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or o1?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; o1 lists at $15 and $60.

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or o1 better for coding?

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Pro and o1 share?

48 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Pro has 78 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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