Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5 Codex leads with 27.0% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 2.5 Flash supports multimodal inputs. Gemini 2.5 Flash is available on 2 providers. Overall, GPT-5 Codex is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Google DeepMind
Gemini 2.5 Flash, released by Google in June 2025, is a large language model from the Gemini 2.5 family optimized for high-throughput, cost-efficient deployments with multimodal reasoning. It features a 1M token context window, hybrid thinking control, and native support for text, image, video, and audio input. Gemini 2.5 Flash targets latency-sensitive applications, document analysis, and high-volume API workloads that benefit from combined reasoning and generation in a single model.
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex, released by OpenAI in August 2025, is a coding-specialized large language model from the GPT-5 family engineered for software engineering, code generation, and agentic development workflows. It builds on GPT-5's architecture with optimizations targeting multi-file code editing, test generation, and automated debugging. GPT-5 Codex targets developers and agentic coding tools requiring a model tuned specifically for programming tasks.
1 month newer

Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google DeepMind
2025-06-17

GPT-5 Codex
OpenAI
2025-08
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
Gemini 2.5 Flash
GPT-5 Codex
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Gemini 2.5 Flash
GPT-5 Codex
Available providers and their performance metrics
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google Cloud Vertex AI
GPT-5 Codex
Gemini 2.5 Flash
GPT-5 Codex
Gemini 2.5 Flash
GPT-5 Codex