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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs o3 Pro

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Winner summary

o3 Pro wins 7 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · general.

Category leads
coding·o3 Proreasoning·o3 Progeneral·o3 Proknowledge·o3 Pro
Hype vs Reality
Gemini 2.5 Pro
#116 by perf·no signal
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o3 Pro
#42 by perf·no signal
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Best value
7.4x better value than o3 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
9.0 pts/$
$5.63/M
o3 Pro
1.2 pts/$
$50.00/M
Vendor risk
Google DeepMind logo
Google DeepMind
$4.20T·Tier 1
Low risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
Gemini 2.5 Proo3 Pro
Aider polyglot
o3 Pro leads by +1.8
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
83.1
o3 Pro
84.9
ARC-AGI
o3 Pro leads by +18.3
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
41.0
o3 Pro
59.3
ARC-AGI-2
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
4.9
o3 Pro
4.9
Dtbench
o3 Pro leads by +7.5
Gemini 2.5 Pro
70.7
o3 Pro
78.2
Fiction.LiveBench
o3 Pro leads by +5.5
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
91.7
o3 Pro
97.2
Lech Mazur Writing
o3 Pro leads by +0.6
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
83.8
o3 Pro
84.4
Lmca
o3 Pro leads by +4.4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
40.9
o3 Pro
45.3
WeirdML
o3 Pro leads by +4.2
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
54.0
o3 Pro
58.2
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Proo3 Pro
Aider polyglot
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
83.184.9
ARC-AGI
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
41.059.3
ARC-AGI-2
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
4.94.9
Dtbench
70.778.2
Fiction.LiveBench
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
91.797.2
Lech Mazur Writing
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
83.884.4
Lmca
40.945.3
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
54.058.2
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Google DeepMind logoGemini 2.5 Pro$1.25$10.001.0M tokens (~524 books)$34.38
OpenAI logoo3 Pro$20.00$80.00200K tokens (~100 books)$350.00