Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs o1-mini Comparison

Comparing Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and o1-mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while o1-mini is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

o1-mini 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 8B costs less

For input processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.07/1M tokens) is 42.9x cheaper than o1-mini ($3.00/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.30/1M tokens) is 40.0x cheaper than o1-mini ($12.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, o1-mini is more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input tokens$0.07

Output tokens$0.30

Best providerGoogle

o1-mini

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$12.00

Best providerOpenAI

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to o1-mini's 128,000 tokens. o1-mini can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input1,048,576 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

o1-mini

Input128,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports multimodal inputs, whereas o1-mini does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Text

Images

Audio

Video

o1-mini

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 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

o1-mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15, while o1-mini was released on 2024-09-12.

o1-mini is 6 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.0 years ago

o1-mini

Sep 12, 2024

1.5 years ago

6mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while o1-mini's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's training data extends to 2024-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without o1-mini's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

o1-mini

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Provider Availability

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is available from Google. o1-mini is available from OpenAI, Azure. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.