Earlier Gemini 2.5 Pro preview release from May 2025.
Google's high-speed thinking model for agentic workflows, chat, and coding.
No shared agent demos for these models yet.
No captured outputs for these models yet.
Based on the Capability Index, Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher (86.2 vs 75.3). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.
Gemini 3.5 Flash has a lower blended cost. Gemini 2.5 Pro (05-06): $1.25 input / $10.00 output. Gemini 3.5 Flash: $1.50 input / $9.00 output.
Gemini 2.5 Pro (05-06) has a larger context window: Gemini 2.5 Pro (05-06) supports 1M tokens vs Gemini 3.5 Flash at 1M tokens.
Yes, both Gemini 2.5 Pro (05-06) and Gemini 3.5 Flash support vision/image input.
Key differences: Gemini 3.5 Flash has a notably higher capability index (10.9 point gap). Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Gemini 2.5 Pro (05-06) and Gemini 3.5 Flash for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.