Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 at $1.44 in and $11.50 out and GPT-5.1-Codex-Max at $1.44 in and $11.50 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Google

1.6¢

for a client proposal

$1.44 in · $11.50 out / 1M

1.05M context · released June 2025

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GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

OpenAI

1.6¢

for a client proposal

$1.44 in · $11.50 out / 1M

400K context · released December 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 3.3¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Largest context: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 at 1.05M tokens — about 1,500 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

0.86¢

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

0.86¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

1.6¢

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

1.6¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

$0.27

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

$0.27

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

$0.06

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

$0.06

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

$0.77

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

$0.39

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

Input / 1M tokens

$1.44

Output / 1M tokens

$11.50

Cached input / 1M

$0.144

Web search

1.6¢ / search

1.1¢ / search

Specs

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

Provider

Google

OpenAI

Released

June 2025

December 2025

Context window

1.05M

400K

Max output

66K

128K

Input

Files, Images, Text, and Audio

Text and Images

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2025-01-31

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Google

0.86¢

for this task

33% input · 67% output

Full pricing →

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

OpenAI

0.86¢

for this task

33% input · 67% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 1.7¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 289 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has the largest context window here — 1.05M tokens.

On price they are identical: about 1.6¢ for a typical task each.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 pricing →GPT-5.1-Codex-Max pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 or GPT-5.1-Codex-Max?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 1.6¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 — 1.05M tokens, about 1,500 pages.

Can I run Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 and GPT-5.1-Codex-Max side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 3.3¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 3.3¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.