Gemini 2.5 Flash vs o1-mini

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Google

Gemini 2.5 Flash represents a continued evolution of Google's efficient multimodal models, designed to deliver enhanced capabilities while maintaining the performance characteristics valued in the Flash series. Built to serve high-throughput applications with improved quality, it advances the balance between speed and intelligence.

o1-mini

OpenAI

o1-mini was created as a faster, more cost-effective reasoning model, designed to bring extended thinking capabilities to applications with tighter latency and budget constraints. Built to excel particularly in coding and STEM reasoning while maintaining affordability, it provides a more accessible entry point to reasoning-enhanced AI assistance.