Gemini 2.5 Pro
Made by Google DeepMind. Epoch AI does not state how it can be accessed. Appears solid at writing among the models listed here.
In short
What it does well
- Writing: Strong (27th of 77 listed models)
Where it falls short
- Coding: Behind the leaders (69th of 77 listed models)
What we don't know yet
- Hard maths problems: Not enough data
- School-competition maths: Not enough data
- Graduate-level science questions: Not enough data
- Short factual questions: Not enough data
- Fixing real software bugs: Not enough data
- Difficult coding tasks: Not enough data
The four ratings
- Top tier
- Strong
- Middle
- Behind the leaders
- Not enough data
Ratings compare only the 77 models listed here, in quarters, best first. “Not enough data” means no result yet. It is never a low score.
- Writing
- StrongHow often people preferred its answers to writing prompts. 1,454 on Arena's scale · Source for Gemini 2.5 Pro writing score (lmarena)
- Coding
- Behind the leadersHow often people preferred its answers to coding questions. 1,451 on Arena's scale · Source for Gemini 2.5 Pro coding score (lmarena)
- Maths
- Not enough dataNo result yet for hard maths problems.
- Knowledge
- Not enough dataNo result yet for short factual questions.
Evidence completeness: Partial evidence, 7 of 13 tests have a result.
Where it is relatively stronger or weaker
This compares each kind of request with the model's own overall position among the 77 listed models, using Arena's votes. It is about performance on different languages, kinds of request and topics, not about political or social bias.
Relatively stronger
- Spanish: 18th of 70 on questions asked in Spanish, against 37th of 77 overall. Source for Spanish
- German: 15th of 55 on questions asked in German, against 37th of 77 overall. Source for German
Relatively weaker
- Software and IT: 63rd of 77 on software and IT questions, against 37th of 77 overall. Source for Software and IT
- Expert-level prompts: 61st of 77 on prompts that need expert knowledge, against 37th of 77 overall. Source for Expert-level prompts
Show every category we can see
| Category | Position | Arena score | Votes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expert-level prompts Kind of request | 61st of 77 | 1,452 95% range 1,445 to 1,459 | 8,323 | Source for Expert-level prompts |
| Hard prompts Kind of request | 52nd of 77 | 1,455 95% range 1,452 to 1,458 | 65,896 | Source for Hard prompts |
| Long prompts Kind of request | 51st of 77 | 1,449 95% range 1,445 to 1,453 | 34,004 | Source for Long prompts |
| Longer conversations Kind of request | 49th of 77 | 1,453 95% range 1,448 to 1,457 | 21,182 | Source for Longer conversations |
| Chinese Language | 37th of 76 | 1,507 95% range 1,500 to 1,514 | 9,313 | Source for Chinese |
| English prompts Language | 45th of 77 | 1,458 95% range 1,455 to 1,461 | 54,037 | Source for English prompts |
| French Language | 35th of 72 | 1,473 95% range 1,460 to 1,486 | 2,389 | Source for French |
| German Language | 15th of 55 | 1,487 95% range 1,475 to 1,500 | 2,652 | Source for German |
| Japanese Language | 19th of 54 | 1,461 95% range 1,447 to 1,476 | 2,065 | Source for Japanese |
| Korean Language | 23rd of 54 | 1,434 95% range 1,421 to 1,447 | 2,501 | Source for Korean |
| Non-English prompts Language | 32nd of 77 | 1,451 95% range 1,448 to 1,454 | 71,214 | Source for Non-English prompts |
| Russian Language | 35th of 77 | 1,461 95% range 1,455 to 1,466 | 12,203 | Source for Russian |
| Spanish Language | 18th of 70 | 1,474 95% range 1,463 to 1,485 | 3,455 | Source for Spanish |
| Entertainment, sport and media Topic | 32nd of 77 | 1,441 95% range 1,437 to 1,446 | 23,305 | Source for Entertainment, sport and media |
| Law and government Topic | 26th of 76 | 1,480 95% range 1,474 to 1,487 | 8,933 | Source for Law and government |
| Medicine and health Topic | 26th of 75 | 1,476 95% range 1,469 to 1,483 | 7,987 | Source for Medicine and health |
| Science Topic | 29th of 77 | 1,480 95% range 1,475 to 1,485 | 20,864 | Source for Science |
| Software and IT Topic | 63rd of 77 | 1,459 95% range 1,455 to 1,463 | 44,018 | Source for Software and IT |
Bias: what we can and can't see
Our sources do not measure political lean, stereotyping, flattery (agreeing with you too readily) or safety behaviour, so we cannot say how any model does on those. What we can show is above: where a model is relatively stronger or weaker across languages, kinds of request and topics. Also, people voting in Arena can favour answer style, such as length and formatting, and our numbers do not adjust for that. See what AI bias means and what these tests can tell you.
Best-supported use cases
- Homework and maths: not ranked, because there is not enough data for the main test.
- Research and checking facts: not ranked, because there is not enough data for the main test.
Where an alternative might be more suitable
- Writing and creating content: rated Strong on writing votes. Compare it with Claude Opus 5.5, the best-supported choice for this task.
- Coding and building things: rated Behind the leaders on coding votes. Compare it with Claude Opus 5.5, the best-supported choice for this task.
- Homework and maths: no result on hard maths problems, so we cannot say. See which models the evidence does support.
- Business emails and everyday work: rated Middle on business-task votes. Compare it with Gemini 4 Argon, the best-supported choice for this task.
- Research and checking facts: no result on short factual questions, so we cannot say. See which models the evidence does support.
What it is
- Maker
- Google DeepMind
- Access, as listed by Epoch AI
- Not stated
- Licence, as listed by Arena
- Proprietary
- Last observation in our data
- 28 Oct 2026
- Data last changed
- 29 Oct 2026, 14:36 UTC
Epoch has rows with a similar name, but Epoch's own family name differs from Arena's, so Epoch results are not used for this model.
We have not verified an official product page for this model, so we do not link to one.
How you can use it
Proprietary. The model's files are not published, so it is generally available only through its maker or partners the maker chooses.
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Price
Price not independently verified
See Gemini plans and pricing (checked 28 Oct 2026). Page opened and read.
We never infer subscription prices from API prices. New to “tokens” and “per million”? See how AI pricing works.
Good to remember
- Benchmarks are samples of tasks. None proves performance in every situation.
- Arena scores come from people choosing between answers. That measures preference, not correctness.
- Ratings are relative to the 77 models listed here. A different set would change them.
- Sources test models at different settings. Each result shows the setting used, and we do not adjust it.
The evidence, for the curious
Show all 13 tests with settings and sources
| Test | Result | Rating | Setting used | Source identifier | Observed | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena text: overall preference Arena 'text' leaderboard (Bradley-Terry rating, no style control) |
1,458 Arena score 95% range 1,455 to 1,460, 125,307 votes |
Strong | effort: not stated, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 2.5 Pro lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 2.5 Pro Arena text: overall preference score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: creative writing Arena 'text' leaderboard, category creative_writing |
1,454 Arena score 95% range 1,449 to 1,459, 17,680 votes |
Strong | effort: not stated, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 2.5 Pro lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 2.5 Pro Arena text: creative writing score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: coding Arena 'text' leaderboard, category coding |
1,451 Arena score 95% range 1,447 to 1,456, 26,935 votes |
Behind the leaders | effort: not stated, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 2.5 Pro lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 2.5 Pro Arena text: coding score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: maths Arena 'text' leaderboard, category math |
1,450 Arena score 95% range 1,443 to 1,457, 7,814 votes |
Middle | effort: not stated, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 2.5 Pro lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 2.5 Pro Arena text: maths score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: following instructions Arena 'text' leaderboard, category instruction_following |
1,437 Arena score 95% range 1,433 to 1,440, 35,203 votes |
Middle | effort: not stated, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 2.5 Pro lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 2.5 Pro Arena text: following instructions score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: business and management Arena 'text' leaderboard, category industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations |
1,439 Arena score 95% range 1,435 to 1,444, 22,809 votes |
Middle | effort: not stated, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 2.5 Pro lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 2.5 Pro Arena text: business and management score (lmarena) |
| Arena WebDev: building web apps Arena 'webdev' leaderboard (Code Arena), category overall |
1,226 Arena score 95% range 1,210 to 1,242, 2,724 votes |
Behind the leaders | effort: not stated, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 2.5 Pro lmarena · webdev/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 2.5 Pro Arena WebDev: building web apps score (lmarena) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) | Not enough data | |||||
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Not enough data | |||||
| GPQA Diamond | Not enough data | |||||
| SimpleQA Verified | Not enough data | |||||
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch runs) | Not enough data | |||||
| FrontierCode (reported by Cognition) | Not enough data | |||||
Missing evidence
Not enough data for these tests:
- FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)
- OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
- GPQA Diamond
- SimpleQA Verified
- SWE-bench Verified (Epoch runs)
- FrontierCode (reported by Cognition)
Missing results are not low scores and do not count against the model.
Where a source gives no public run log, we cannot show the run behind the score. See data sources.
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