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OpenAI: GPT-4o vs Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash

OpenAI: GPT-4o and Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash are both tracked in Model Radar. This page focuses on premium quality versus lower-latency public deployment. Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash exposes the larger context window. Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash is cheaper on prompt input pricing.

128,000 OpenAI: GPT-4o ctx
1,048,576 Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash ctx
$2.50 / 1M OpenAI: GPT-4o prompt
$0.30 / 1M Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash prompt
01 / Table

Side-by-side snapshot.

The compare table stays neutral: price, context, modalities, and parameter support on one surface.

Field OpenAI: GPT-4o Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash
Provider OpenAI Google
Input modalities text, image, file file, image, text, audio, video
Output modalities text text
Context length 128,000 1,048,576
Max completion tokens 16,384 65,535
Prompt price $2.50 / 1M $0.30 / 1M
Completion price $10.00 / 1M $2.50 / 1M
Supported parameters frequency_penalty, logit_bias, logprobs, max_completion_tokens, max_tokens, presence_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_logprobs, top_p, web_search_options include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p
02 / Guidance

Best-for guidance.

These compare pages stay practical: what each model looks better suited for, based on the current catalog metadata.

OpenAI $2.50 / 1M

OpenAI: GPT-4o

Cross-modal work, Coding workflows

Cross-modal work Coding workflows
Google $0.30 / 1M

Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash

Deep analysis, Coding workflows, Cross-modal work, Voice and audio

Deep analysis Coding workflows Cross-modal work Voice and audio
03 / Colophon

Routes and exits.

Each compare page links back into the model detail pages and the public hub.