Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Llama 4 Scout

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

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Gemini 2.5 Flash

Google

Overall 90

fast

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Llama 4 Scout

Meta

Overall 82

standard

Capability radar

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

Gemini 2.5 FlashLlama 4 Scout

Comparison of Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Llama 4 Scout
Metric	Gemini 2.5 Flash	Llama 4 Scout
Input Price / 1M	$0.15	$0.15
Output Price / 1M	$0.60	$0.50
Combined Price / 1M	$0.75	$0.65
Context Window	1,048,576	10,000,000
Coding Score	88	83
Reasoning Score	89	85
Vision Score	94	82
Audio	Yes	No
Streaming	Yes	Yes
Function Calling	Yes	Yes
Latency Tier	fast	standard
Release Date	4/17/2025	3/5/2025

Gemini 2.5 Flash — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Thinking mode
Excellent multimodal
Low cost

Weaknesses

Preview API stability

Llama 4 Scout — Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

10M context
Open weights
Document RAG

Weaknesses

Extreme context has throughput tradeoffs

Use Case Verdicts

Coding

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash scores 88 vs 83 on coding benchmarks.

General Chat

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash leads on writing quality (87 vs 79).

Long Context

Llama 4 Scout offers 10M tokens vs 1M.

Cost Efficiency

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper at $0.65/M combined vs $0.75/M.

Enterprise Use

Llama 4 Scout combines strong reasoning, tooling, and context for enterprise workloads.

Agent Workflows

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash is better suited for agentic workflows with tool use and coding capability.