Gemini 2.5 Pro vs O3 Mini

Performance benchmarks + pricing comparison — updated April 2026

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google

Google's most capable model. Strong coding, multimodal understanding, and very competitive pricing.

Input$1.25/M
Output$10.00/M
Context1M tokens
Best ForLong document analysis, coding, multimodal tasks

O3 Mini

OpenAI

OpenAI's reasoning model at lower cost. Strong at math, coding, and science tasks.

Input$1.10/M
Output$4.40/M
Context200K tokens
Best ForMath, science, coding tasks requiring deep reasoning
Benchmark80/100

Cost Comparison by Scenario

Estimated cost per project with 30% cache hit rate. Actual costs may vary based on usage patterns.

ScenarioGemini 2.5 ProO3 MiniSavings
Small Script (1K lines) $0.34 $0.17 O3 Mini saves $0.17 (50%)
Medium Feature (10K lines) $2.44 $1.27 O3 Mini saves $1.17 (48%)
Large Project (50K lines) $12.19 $6.33 O3 Mini saves $5.86 (48%)
Code Review (5K lines) $0.47 $0.30 O3 Mini saves $0.17 (35%)

Verdict

O3 Mini wins on both price and performance — $1.10/M input with a benchmark score of N/A/100.

For most developers, this is the clear choice between these two models.

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