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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Gemini 3.5 Flash: pricing and benchmarks

Gemini 2.5 Pro is 17% cheaper on input tokens ($1.25 vs $1.50 per 1M). Gemini 3.5 Flash is 10% cheaper on output tokens ($9.00 vs $10.00 per 1M). On our document Q&A workload (50,000 questions a month), Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $800.00 a month versus $870.00 for Gemini 3.5 Flash, 8% less. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores 154.7 on the Epoch Capabilities Index vs 145.3 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.

Prices verified September 14, 2026.

Which should you choose?

Overall capability
Gemini 3.5 Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores 154.7 on the Epoch Capabilities Index vs 145.3 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.

Advanced math
Gemini 3.5 Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores 62.8% on FrontierMath (Tiers 1–3) vs 24.6% for Gemini 2.5 Pro.

Price
Gemini 3.5 Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $3.375 per 1M tokens (3:1 input-to-output mix) vs $3.438 for Gemini 2.5 Pro, 2% less.

Best value
Gemini 3.5 Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash delivers equal or higher overall capability for 2% less.

Pricing and specs

Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 3.5 Flash
ProviderGoogleGoogle
API model IDgemini-2.5-progemini-3.5-flash
Input / 1M tokens$1.25$1.50
Cached input / 1M tokens$0.125$0.15
Output / 1M tokens$10.00$9.00
Long-context rates$2.50 in / $15.00 out above 200K prompt tokens
Context window1.05M tokens1.05M tokens
Max output66K tokens66K tokens
Batch discount50% off

Benchmarks

Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 3.5 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index145.3154.7
GPQA Diamond· Science reasoning80.4%90.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1–3)· Advanced math24.6%62.8%
SimpleQA Verified· Factual accuracy66.2%
ARC-AGI-2· Abstract reasoning4.9%72.1%
DeepSWE· Coding37.4%
APEX-Agents· Agentic work6.6%

Source: Epoch AI, best recorded result per model (CC BY 4.0). A dash means no published score. See all benchmarks

Monthly cost for real workloads

WorkloadGemini 2.5 ProGemini 3.5 FlashDifference
Support chatbot
100,000 replies a month, ~1,500 input tokens (system prompt + history) and ~400 output tokens each.
$587.50$585.00Gemini 3.5 Flash 0% cheaper
Document Q&A (RAG)
50,000 questions a month with ~8,000 tokens of retrieved context and ~600 output tokens each.
$800.00$870.00Gemini 2.5 Pro 8% cheaper
Coding agent
10,000 agent steps a month, ~40,000 input tokens each (70% read from the prompt cache) and ~2,000 output tokens.
$385.00$402.00Gemini 2.5 Pro 4% cheaper

Estimates use standard list prices and ignore cache-write surcharges. Different tokenizers can count the same text differently, so test with your own prompts.

Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Gemini 3.5 Flash cost calculator

Standard-tier list prices. Long-context rates apply automatically where the provider publishes a threshold. Excludes cache-write surcharges, taxes, batch and volume discounts.

Gemini 2.5 Pro pricing notes

Google’s previous-generation Pro model.

  • Prompts over 200K tokens are billed at $2.50 input / $15 output per 1M tokens.
  • Output price includes thinking tokens.
Google official pricing ↗

Gemini 3.5 Flash pricing notes

Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash model, with thinking, tool use and a 1M-token context window.

  • Output price includes thinking tokens.
  • Context cache storage costs $1.00 per 1M tokens per hour.
  • Priority inference costs 1.8x the standard rate.
Google official pricing ↗

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash?
Gemini 2.5 Pro is 17% cheaper on input tokens ($1.25 vs $1.50 per 1M). Gemini 3.5 Flash is 10% cheaper on output tokens ($9.00 vs $10.00 per 1M). On our document Q&A workload (50,000 questions a month), Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $800.00 a month versus $870.00 for Gemini 3.5 Flash, 8% less.
Which is more capable, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Gemini 3.5 Flash?
Gemini 3.5 Flash scores 154.7 on the Epoch Capabilities Index vs 145.3 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
How much does Gemini 2.5 Pro cost per 1M tokens?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens, and $0.125 per 1M cached input tokens on Google’s standard tier.
How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash cost per 1M tokens?
Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $9.00 per 1M output tokens, and $0.15 per 1M cached input tokens on Google’s standard tier.
Which has the larger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Gemini 3.5 Flash?
Both offer a 1.05M-token context window.

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