Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google · Gemini 2.5

Stable high-capability Gemini 2.5 tier for long-context multimodal reasoning and enterprise workflows.

Type
multimodal
Context
1M tokens
Max Output
66K tokens
Status
current
Input
$1.25/1M tok
Output
$10/1M tok
API Access
Yes
License
proprietary
multimodal long-context reasoning enterprise tool-use
Released March 2025 · Updated May 16, 2026

Overview

Freshness note: Model capabilities, limits, and pricing can change quickly. This profile is a point-in-time snapshot last verified on May 16, 2026.

Gemini 2.5 Pro is Google’s stable high-capability 2.5 tier for difficult multimodal and long-context tasks. Google’s May 2026 docs now put the Gemini 3 and 3.1 line above it, but 2.5 Pro remains an important production route because it is stable, broadly documented, and priced separately from the newer preview lanes.

Capabilities

The model is effective for large-context reasoning, technical analysis, multimodal interpretation, and harder coding or STEM-style reasoning tasks. It is frequently used for complex planning and assistant workflows that require higher quality across diverse inputs.

Technical Details

Google’s model docs still list Gemini 2.5 Pro with a 1,048,576 token input window and a 65,536 token output limit. It supports text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs plus tooling features such as code execution, file search, function calling, search grounding, Google Maps grounding, URL context, and structured outputs.

Pricing & Access

Google’s current Gemini API pricing lists Gemini 2.5 Pro at 1.25per1Minputtokensand1.25 per 1M input tokens and 10 per 1M output tokens for prompts up to 200K tokens, with 2.50/2.50 / 15 above that threshold. Batch pricing is half that level, and context caching/storage pricing is published separately for the paid tier. Access is available through Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.

Best Use Cases

Best for complex enterprise copilots, multimodal document workflows, advanced retrieval assistants, coding-heavy analysis, and difficult reasoning tasks requiring long context when preview-model churn is not acceptable.

Comparisons

Compared with GPT-5.4, Gemini 2.5 Pro is often selected for Google ecosystem alignment and multimodal-heavy pipelines. Compared with Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, 2.5 Pro is the safer stable route while 3.1 is the newer preview model. Compared with Claude Opus 4.6, tradeoffs usually center on reasoning style and platform integration.