Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4-mini leads with 33.5% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B offers 756.8K more tokens in context window than o4-mini. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is $5.13 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, o4-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was developed as an ultra-compact variant of Gemini 1.5 Flash, designed to deliver multimodal capabilities with minimal resource requirements. Built for deployment scenarios where efficiency is critical, it provides a lightweight option for applications requiring fast, cost-effective AI processing.
OpenAI
o4-mini was created as part of the next generation of OpenAI's reasoning models, designed to continue advancing the balance between analytical capability and operational efficiency. Built to bring cutting-edge reasoning techniques to applications requiring quick turnaround, it represents the evolution of compact reasoning-focused models.
1 year newer

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
2024-03-15

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2025-04-16
Cost per million tokens (USD)

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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

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2024-05-31
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
2024-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

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