Compare/Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) vs GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)vsGPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

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

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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$1.25/M
Speed
206 tok/s
TTFT
2.52s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)
Lower Latency
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)
Benchmarks (5-5)
Tie

Pricing Comparison

MetricGemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0$1.25
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)$0.00
GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)$0.33

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)
GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)
206 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)
GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)
2.52s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
30.344.4
Coding Index
46.743.9
Math Index
GPQA Diamond
83.6%81.7%
MMLU-Pro
85.8%
LiveCodeBench
77.8%
AIME 2025
MATH-500
98.0%
Humanity's Last Exam
17.1%26.5%
SciCode
39.5%46.9%
IFBench
75.9%
TerminalBench
42.4%
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25)5 wins
5 winsGPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) or GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.46/M for GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

It's a tie — both models win 5 benchmarks each across 12 evaluated categories. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh) generates tokens faster at 206 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 2.52s).

When should I use Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) vs GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh)?

Choose based on your priorities: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar' 25) for lower cost, both perform similarly on benchmarks, and GPT-5.4 nano (xhigh) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.