Compare/Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning) vs GPT-5 nano (high)

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning)vsGPT-5 nano (high)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning)

Input
$0.1/M
Output
$0.4/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

GPT-5 nano (high)

Input
$0.05/M
Output
$0.4/M
Speed
159 tok/s
TTFT
72.48s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
GPT-5 nano (high)
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5 nano (high)
Lower Latency
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning)
Benchmarks (1-10)
GPT-5 nano (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning)GPT-5 nano (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.1$0.05
Output ($/M tokens)$0.4$0.4
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning)$0.14
GPT-5 nano (high)$0.09

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning)
GPT-5 nano (high)
159 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning)
GPT-5 nano (high)
72.48s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
19.426.8
Coding Index
14.520.3
Math Index
46.783.7
GPQA Diamond
65.1%67.6%
MMLU-Pro
79.6%78.0%
LiveCodeBench
64.1%78.9%
AIME 2025
46.7%83.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
4.6%8.2%
SciCode
28.5%36.6%
IFBench
41.8%67.6%
TerminalBench
7.6%12.1%
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning)1 wins
10 winsGPT-5 nano (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning) or GPT-5 nano (high)?

GPT-5 nano (high) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.14/M tokens vs $0.17/M for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5 nano (high) wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5 nano (high) generates tokens faster at 159 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 72.48s).

When should I use Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Non-reasoning) vs GPT-5 nano (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: GPT-5 nano (high) for lower cost, GPT-5 nano (high) for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-5 nano (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.