Model Comparison

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Pixtral-12B

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Pixtral-12B is 22.9x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMMU), while Pixtral-12B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Pixtral-12B costs less

For input processing, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 ($1.25/1M tokens) is 8.3x more expensive than Pixtral-12B ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 ($10.00/1M tokens) is 66.7x more expensive than Pixtral-12B ($0.15/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is more expensive than Pixtral-12B.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Input tokens$1.25
Output tokens$10.00
Best providerGoogle
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input tokens$0.15
Output tokens$0.15
Best providerMistral
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Pixtral-12B's 128,000 tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 can generate longer responses up to 65,535 tokens, while Pixtral-12B is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,535 tokens
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 and Pixtral-12B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Pixtral-12B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Pixtral-12B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Proprietary

Closed source

Pixtral-12B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 was released on 2025-06-05, while Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is 9 months newer than Pixtral-12B.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Jun 5, 2025

10 months ago

8mo newer
Pixtral-12B

Sep 17, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Pixtral-12B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05's training data extends to 2025-01-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Pixtral-12B's cutoff date.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Jan 2025

Pixtral-12B

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Provider Availability

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is available from Google. Pixtral-12B is available from Mistral AI.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

google logo
Google
Input Price:Input: $1.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $10.00/1M

Pixtral-12B

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Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.15/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.15/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Larger context window (1,048,576 tokens)
Higher MMMU score (82.0% vs 52.5%)
Mistral AI
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Pixtral-12B

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is made by Google and Pixtral-12B is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 scores Global-MMLU-Lite: 89.2%, AIME 2025: 88.0%, FACTS Grounding: 87.8%, GPQA: 86.4%, VideoMMMU: 83.6%. Pixtral-12B scores DocVQA: 90.7%, ChartQA: 81.8%, VQAv2: 78.6%, MT-Bench: 76.8%, HumanEval: 72.0%.
Pixtral-12B is 8.3x cheaper for input tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 costs $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output via google. Pixtral-12B costs $0.15/M input and $0.15/M output via mistral.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 supports 1.0M tokens and Pixtral-12B supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (1.0M vs 128K), input pricing ($1.25 vs $0.15/M), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is developed by Google and Pixtral-12B is developed by Mistral AI.