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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs o3

Gemini 2.5 Pro undercuts o3 on input price and reaches much further on context, while o3 leads the most relevant coding and math benchmarks. Use this page to decide whether your workload needs Gemini's 1M-token multimodal window and lower batch/cache costs, or o3's stronger SWE-bench, GPQA, and AIME reasoning signal.

Pick o3 for enterprise coding agents, repository repair, and math-heavy reasoning when the workload fits under 200K tokens: it leads SWE-bench Verified at 71.7% versus 63.8%, GPQA Diamond at 87.7% versus 86.4%, and AIME 2025 at 88.9% versus 86.7%. Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro for long-context multimodal analysis, PDF/video/codebase review, repeated cached prompts, and cost-sensitive batch runs: it has a 1M-token context window versus 200K, standard input at $1.25/M versus $2/M, batch input at $0.625/M versus $1/M, and cache reads at $0.125/M versus $0.50/M. Default to Gemini when scale or cost is the bottleneck; switch to o3 when coding accuracy and reasoning depth matter more than context length.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalGemini 2.5 Proo3
Best forreasoning-heavy apps, multimodal apps, and tool-calling agentsreasoning-heavy apps, multimodal apps, and tool-calling agents
Decision fitCoding, RAG, and AgentsCoding, RAG, and Agents
Context window1m200k
Cheapest output$10/1M tokens$8/1M tokens
Provider routes4 tracked3 tracked
Shared benchmarks10 sharedSWE-bench Verified leader

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro when...
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro holds a shared-benchmark lead on Aider Polyglot, ahead by 1.8 points.
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Local decision data tags Gemini 2.5 Pro for Coding, RAG, and Agents.
Choose o3 when...
  • o3 holds a shared-benchmark lead on SWE-bench Verified, ahead by 7.9 points.
  • o3 has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $8/1M tokens.
  • Local decision data tags o3 for Coding, RAG, and Agents.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Lower estimate Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro

$3,500

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Google AI Studio <=200K tokens

o3

$3,600

Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenAI API

Estimated monthly gap: $100. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.

Switch friction

Gemini 2.5 Pro -> o3
  • Provider overlap exists on OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • o3 is $2/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
o3 -> Gemini 2.5 Pro
  • Provider overlap exists on OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro is $2/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.

Specs

Specification
Released2025-06-172025-04-16
Context window1m200k
Parameters
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
OpennessProprietaryProprietary
WeightsNot releasedNot released
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: conditional
Knowledge cutoff2025-012024-06

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeGemini 2.5 Proo3
Input price
<=200K tokens
$1.25/1M tokens
Standard Gemini 2.5 Pro pricing for prompts up to 200K tokens.
>200K tokens
$2.50/1M tokens
Higher Gemini 2.5 Pro tier for prompts above 200K tokens.
$2/1M tokens
Output price
<=200K tokens
$10/1M tokens
Standard Gemini 2.5 Pro pricing for prompts up to 200K tokens.
>200K tokens
$15/1M tokens
Higher Gemini 2.5 Pro tier for prompts above 200K tokens.
$8/1M tokens
Providers

Capabilities

CapabilityGemini 2.5 Proo3
VisionYesYes
MultimodalYesYes
ReasoningYesYes
JSON / Tool useYesYes
Structured outputsYesYes
Code executionYesYes
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo3
SWE-bench Verified63.871.7
Google-Proof Q&A86.487.7
AIME 202586.788.9
LiveCodeBench75.685.5
Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding81.782.9
Humanity's Last Exam18.820.3
AIME 202492.096.7
HumanEval93.196.7
Chatbot Arena1398.01412.0
Aider Polyglot83.181.3

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-29. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.