Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Gemini 1.5 Flash Comparison

Comparing Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

Gemini 1.0 Pro outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Gemini 1.5 Flash is better at 7 benchmarks (FLEURS, GPQA, MATH, MathVista, MMLU, MMMU, WMT23).

Gemini 1.5 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemini 1.5 Flash costs less

For input processing, Gemini 1.0 Pro ($0.50/1M tokens) is 3.3x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 1.0 Pro ($1.50/1M tokens) is 2.5x more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash ($0.60/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Gemini 1.0 Pro is more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Gemini 1.0 Pro

Input tokens$0.50

Output tokens$1.50

Best providerGoogle

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Input tokens$0.15

Output tokens$0.60

Best providerGoogle

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 1.5 Flash accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Gemini 1.0 Pro's 32,760 tokens. Both models can generate responses up to 8,192 tokens.

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Input32,760 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Input1,048,576 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 1.5 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemini 1.0 Pro does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.0 Pro was released on 2024-02-15, while Gemini 1.5 Flash was released on 2024-05-01.

Gemini 1.5 Flash is 3 months newer than Gemini 1.0 Pro.

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Feb 15, 2024

2.1 years ago

Gemini 1.5 Flash

May 1, 2024

1.9 years ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.0 Pro has a knowledge cutoff of 2024-02-01, while Gemini 1.5 Flash has a cutoff of 2023-11-01.

Gemini 1.0 Pro has more recent training data (up to 2024-02-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Gemini 1.5 Flash (2023-11-01).

Gemini 1.0 Pro

Feb 2024

3 mo newer

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Nov 2023

Provider Availability

Gemini 1.0 Pro is available from Google. Gemini 1.5 Flash is available from Google. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.