Best Gemini 2.5 Pro Alternatives
Gemini 2.5 Pro by Google is a mid-tier model priced at $1.25/10 per 1M tokens (in/out). It's on the expensive side — there are cheaper options with similar quality.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
GoogleMid-TierInput
$1.25/1M
Output
$10/1M
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Why Switch from Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Top Alternatives
38% cheaper, comparable performance.
Input
$2/1M
60% more
Output
$5/1M
50% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Same category, different trade-offs.
Input
$3/1M
140% more
Output
$15/1M
50% more
Context
200K
Max Output
16K
Same category, different trade-offs.
Input
$3/1M
140% more
Output
$15/1M
50% more
Context
200K
Max Output
16K
Comparable performance.
Input
$1.25/1M
Same price
Output
$10/1M
Same price
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Higher benchmark scores.
Input
$2/1M
60% more
Output
$12/1M
20% more
Context
1M
Max Output
64K
Comparable performance.
Input
$2/1M
60% more
Output
$12/1M
20% more
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Dramatically cheaper (51% less), comparable performance.
Input
$1.1/1M
12% cheaper
Output
$4.4/1M
56% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Dramatically cheaper (75% less), comparable performance.
Input
$0.6/1M
52% cheaper
Output
$2.2/1M
78% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
128K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $2.0060% more | $5.0050% cheaper | 128K | 83%-4.5% | 91%-2.5% | 80 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.00140% more | $15.0050% more | 200K | 86%-1.5% | 94%+0.5% | 78 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.00140% more | $15.0050% more | 200K | 84.5%-3.0% | 93%-0.5% | 78 |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $1.25Same price | $10.00Same price | 128K | 88.5%+1.0% | 95%+1.5% | 75 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.0060% more | $12.0020% more | 1M | 91%+3.5% | 95%+1.5% | 75 |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $2.0060% more | $12.0020% more | 1M | 89.8%+2.3% | 94%+0.5% | 75 |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.1012% cheaper | $4.4056% cheaper | 200K | 85%-2.5% | 93.5%Same | 73 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.6052% cheaper | $2.2078% cheaper | 200K | 84.3%-3.2% | — | 73 |
| Mistral Medium 3Mistral | $0.4068% cheaper | $2.0080% cheaper | 128K | 76%-11.5% | 87%-6.5% | 73 |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $5.00300% more | $25.00150% more | 200K | 89.5%+2.0% | 95%+1.5% | 70 |
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.0060% more | $16.0060% more | 200K | 90%+2.5% | 96.5%+3.0% | 70 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.7540% more | $14.0040% more | 200K | 89%+1.5% | 95.5%+2.0% | 70 |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $2.50100% more | $10.00Same price | 128K | 80.5%-7.0% | 91%-2.5% | 70 |
| o3OpenAI | $0.4068% cheaper | $1.6084% cheaper | 200K | 87%-0.5% | 94.5%+1.0% | 70 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.0020% cheaper | $3.2068% cheaper | 200K | 70.4%-17.1% | 91%-2.5% | 65 |
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogle | $0.5060% cheaper | $3.0070% cheaper | 1M | 78%-9.5% | 90%-3.5% | 63 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.8036% cheaper | $4.0060% cheaper | 200K | 69.4%-18.1% | 88.1%-5.4% | 60 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.3076% cheaper | $1.2088% cheaper | 200K | 82%-5.5% | 90%-3.5% | 60 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.00140% more | $15.0050% more | 128K | 86%-1.5% | 93%-0.5% | 59 |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.1588% cheaper | $0.6094% cheaper | 1M | 76%-11.5% | 89.5%-4.0% | 53 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.3175% cheaper | $0.8592% cheaper | 1M | 80.5%-7.0% | 90.2%-3.3% | 53 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.5556% cheaper | $2.1978% cheaper | 128K | 84%-3.5% | 92%-1.5% | 53 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.1489% cheaper | $0.2897% cheaper | 164K | 78%-9.5% | 89%-4.5% | 43 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.1588% cheaper | $0.6094% cheaper | 128K | 68%-19.5% | 87.2%-6.3% | 40 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1886% cheaper | $0.6394% cheaper | 10M | 74.2%-13.3% | 86%-7.5% | 35 |