Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.1 (high)

Comparing 2 AI models · 5 benchmarks · Google, OpenAI

Most Affordable
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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)
$0.10/1M
Highest Intelligence
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GPT-5.1 (high)
87.3% GPQA
Best for Coding
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GPT-5.1 (high)
57.5 Coding Index
Price Difference
12.5x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

5 tests
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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)

0

No clear wins

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GPT-5.1 (high)

5
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
Metric
Google logo Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)
Google
OpenAI logo GPT-5.1 (high)
OpenAI
Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.10/1M $1.25/1M
Output Cost $0.40/1M $10.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$0.18/1M $3.44/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Google OpenAI
Release Date Launch date
Sep 8, 2025 Nov 13, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
5.3 tok/s 273.7 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
3556ms 8572ms
Latency Time to first answer token
3556ms 8572ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
47.9 69.7
Coding Index Programming ability
36.5 57.5
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
68.7 94.0
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
70.9% 87.3%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
80.8% 87.0%
HLE Hard language evaluation
6.6% 26.5%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
68.8% 86.8%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
68.7% 94.0%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
SciCode Scientific code generation
28.7% 43.3%
LCR Code review capability
59.0% 75.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
52.6% 72.9%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
30.7% 81.9%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
12.1% 42.6%

Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning) offers the best value at $0.10/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

GPT-5.1 (high) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 87.3% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

GPT-5.1 (high) achieves a 57.5 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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GPT-5.1 (high)

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

Google logo Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)
$0.00
per month
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