Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs GPT-5 mini

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs 75% less at typical usage ($0.18 vs $0.69 per 1M tokens). GPT-5 mini scores higher on 11 of 11 tasks.

Spec	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	GPT-5 mini
Input /1M	$0.10	$0.25
Output /1M	$0.40	$2.00
Typical /1M	$0.18	$0.69
Context window	1M	400k
Speed	Blazing	Fast
Privacy	Standard	Standard
Open weights	No	No

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Steady since we started tracking (Jul 13, 2026)

GPT-5 mini

Steady since we started tracking (Jul 13, 2026)

Quality by task

Coding70/85

Agents62/83

Reasoning70/86

Writing74/85

Chat79/88

Classify82/85

Extract79/85

Summarize80/86

Translate82/86

Vision80/87

General74/85

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