Data points: 102
Model compare
Gemini 2.5 Pro vs O3 Mini
The readout for Gemini 2.5 Pro and O3 Mini, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Key Takeaways
Weighted outcome: O3 Mini. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
O3 Mini
O3 Mini has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 38.7 to 61.3.
Evidence depth
102 data points
Includes 18 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 10 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with O3 Mini
The charts below split 28 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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Comparison sheet
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 2.5 Pro and O3 Mini: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Gemini 2.5 Pro | O3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 38.7 pts | 61.3 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 2 categories | 4 categories |
| Operational advantages | Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage | Cheapest input price, First-token latency |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 200K tokens |
| Max output | 65.5K tokens | 100K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFileAudiovideo Output Text | Input TextFile Output Text |
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputAudio inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
Model metadata
Model metadata
| Model compare | Gemini 2.5 Pro | O3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | |
| Released | Jun 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Gemini | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01-31 | 2023-10-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | google/gemini-2.5-pro | openai/o3-mini |
| References | No data | No data |
When to choose each model
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 2.5 Pro and O3 Mini: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Reasoning) and operational dimensions (Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage).
O3 Mini
O3 Mini is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Knowledge, Math, Instruction following) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, First-token latency).
Benchmark score comparison
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Category performance
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
- Model A coverage
- 6 / 8
- Model B coverage
- 6 / 8
- Shared
- 6 shared categories
Avg. score
Gemini 2.5 Pro
45.7
Avg. score
O3 Mini
48.3
Agents
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by 4.6
Coding
O3 Mini leads by 0.4
Reasoning
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads by 4.3
Knowledge
O3 Mini leads by 12.0
Math
O3 Mini leads by 2.5
Multilingual
No data
Multimodal
No data
Instruction following
O3 Mini leads by 9.6
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Gemini 2.5 Pro
43.0
Rank #103/111 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-03-01
O3 Mini
winner51.0
Rank #78/111 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro
$1.25/M
Rank #123/186 · confidence 4
O3 Mini
winner$1.10/M
Rank #117/186 · confidence 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
$3.44/M
Rank #139/186 · confidence 4
O3 Mini
winner$1.93/M
Rank #118/186 · confidence 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
$10.00/M
Rank #142/186 · confidence 4
O3 Mini
winner$4.40/M
Rank #119/186 · confidence 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner86.2%
Rank #18/129 · confidence 4
O3 Mini
79.1%
Rank #70/129 · confidence 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner84.4%
Rank #71/218 · confidence 4
O3 Mini
74.8%
Rank #122/218 · confidence 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner22.5%
Rank #77/216 · confidence 4
O3 Mini
7.9%
Rank #135/216 · confidence 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner80.1%
Rank #18/115 · confidence 4
O3 Mini
71.7%
Rank #27/115 · confidence 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner63.8
Rank #44/49 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-03-01
O3 Mini
49.3
Rank #46/49 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner42.8
Rank #61/113 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-03-01
O3 Mini
39.9
Rank #76/113 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner38.7
Rank #76/87 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-03-01
O3 Mini
21.3
Rank #86/87 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner88.7%
Rank #5/68 · confidence 4
O3 Mini
77.0%
Rank #14/68 · confidence 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
96.7%
Rank #15/73 · confidence 4
O3 Mini
winner97.3%
Rank #11/73 · confidence 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
23.5
Rank #83/83 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-03-01
O3 Mini
winner65.6
Rank #48/83 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner25.9
Rank #61/117 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-03-01
O3 Mini
19.2
Rank #88/117 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner84.4
Rank #63/113 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-03-01
O3 Mini
74.8
Rank #87/113 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner22.5
Rank #65/114 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-03-01
O3 Mini
7.9
Rank #89/114 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31
Gemini 2.5 Pro
winner54.1
Rank #64/82 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-03-01
O3 Mini
28.7
Rank #72/82 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Gemini 2.5 Pro | O3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Gemini 2.5 Pro | O3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
N1N10 tests | Gemini 2.5 Pro speed / latency 106 tok/s / 16405ms input / output No data | O3 Mini speed / latency 117 tok/s / 4809ms input / output No data |
ZetaTechs API6 tests | Gemini 2.5 Pro speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | O3 Mini speed / latency 44 tok/s / 17418ms input / output No data |
DeepRouter5 tests | Gemini 2.5 Pro speed / latency 92 tok/s / 16347ms input / output No data | O3 Mini speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Rnglg2 API5 tests | Gemini 2.5 Pro speed / latency 111 tok/s / 17899ms input / output No data | O3 Mini speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
9527 API0 tests | Gemini 2.5 Pro speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | O3 Mini speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | O3 Mini o3-mini-medium speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | |
Gemini 2.5 Pro google/gemini-2.5-pro-preview speed / latency No data input / output $0.000001/request | O3 Mini openai/o3-mini speed / latency No data input / output $0.990/M/$4.00/M | |
Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro-c speed / latency No data input / output $0.0010/request | O3 Mini o3-mini speed / latency No data input / output $0.030/M/$0.121/M | |
Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro speed / latency No data input / output $0.171/M/$1.37/M | O3 Mini o3-mini-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.0033/request | |
Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro speed / latency No data input / output $0.171/M/$1.37/M | O3 Mini o3-mini-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.0033/request |
FAQ
Weighted outcome: O3 Mini. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
- Why is this comparison indexable?
- It has 6 verifiable comparison points, and both models have pricing or benchmark data.
- Are missing metrics invented?
- No. Metrics without LMSpeed data are omitted from this report.
