Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro: Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05 is cheaper by 0% on average. Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05 from Google Vertex AI (2,097,152-token context, tool calls) vs. Gemini 2.5 Pro from Google Vertex AI (1,048,576-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.

Side-by-side cost

Live workload comparison

Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.

3,000
02,000,000
400
065,535
5,000
01,000,000
Google Vertex AI
$1,179/mo
Input $1.25/M · Output $10.00/M
Google Vertex AI
$1,179/mo
Input $1.25/M · Output $10.00/M
At this workload, Gemini 2.5 Pro is 0% cheaper than Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05 — a savings of $0.000000/month ($0.000000/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: gemini-2-5-pro
  provider: vertex-ai
fallback:
  model: gemini-2-0-pro-exp-02-05
  provider: vertex-ai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05 Gemini 2.5 Pro
Input price $1.25/M $1.25/M
Output price $10.00/M $10.00/M
Context window 2,097,152 1,048,576
Max output 8,192 65,535
Function calling
Vision
Audio input
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Structured output
Pricing verified May 7, 2026 May 12, 2026
Cheaper option
Larger context
2,097,152 tokens
More capabilities
6 of 6 capability flags advertised

Benchmark comparison

Side-by-side public benchmark scores. Greener bar = winner.

Chatbot Arena ELOgeneral
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
1,448
MATH-500math
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
93.7%
HumanEvalcode
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
93.6%
AIME 2025math
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
86.7%
MMLU-Proreasoning
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
86.7%
GPQA Diamondreasoning
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
84.0%
MMMUmultimodal
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
79.6%
BFCL v3agent
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
76.0%
Aider Polyglotcode
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
73.3%
LiveCodeBenchcode
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
69.0%
SWE-bench Verifiedagent
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
63.8%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
Gemini 2.0 Pro exp 02.05
Gemini 2.5 Pro
18.8%