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Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Gemini 2.0 Flash

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, capabilities, benchmarks, and use case fit.

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Gemini 1.5 Pro

Google

Overall 87
standard
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Gemini 2.0 Flash

Google

Overall 87
fast
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Capability radar

Normalized coding, reasoning, writing, vision, context, and value

CodingReasoningWritingVisionContextValue
Gemini 1.5 ProGemini 2.0 Flash
Comparison of Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Gemini 2.0 Flash
MetricGemini 1.5 ProGemini 2.0 Flash
Input Price / 1M$1.25$0.10
Output Price / 1M$5.00$0.40
Combined Price / 1M$6.25$0.50
Context Window2,097,1521,048,576
Coding Score8685
Reasoning Score8786
Vision Score8892
AudioNoYes
StreamingYesYes
Function CallingYesYes
Latency Tierstandardfast
Release Date2/15/202412/11/2024

Gemini 1.5 Pro — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • 2M context
  • Mature API
  • Good document processing

Weaknesses

  • Being superseded by 2.5 series

Gemini 2.0 Flash — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Very low cost
  • 1M context
  • Native multimodal

Weaknesses

  • Less depth on hard reasoning

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro scores 86 vs 85 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro leads on writing quality (85 vs 84).

Long Context

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro offers 2.1M tokens vs 1M.

Cost Efficiency

Gemini 2.0 Flash

Gemini 2.0 Flash is cheaper at $0.50/M combined vs $6.25/M.

Enterprise Use

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro combines strong reasoning, tooling, and context for enterprise workloads.

Agent Workflows

Gemini 1.5 Pro

Gemini 1.5 Pro is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.