Comparison · Updated Oct 28, 2026
Gemini 2.0 Flash vs GPT-4o mini
The two leading low-cost models. Gemini 2.0 Flash has a far larger context window and accepts audio and video; GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's cheapest multimodal option.
At a glance
| Spec | Gemini 2.0 Flash | GPT-4o mini |
|---|---|---|
| Released | Dec 11, 2024 | Jul 18, 2024 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 128K tokens |
| Licence | Closed / API | Closed / API |
| Inputs | text, image, audio, video | text, image |
| Public API | Yes | Yes |
Model A
Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google's fast, low-cost Gemini 2.0 model with native tool use and a 1M-token context window; generally available from February 2025.
Dec 11, 2024
Model B
GPT-4o mini
OpenAI's small, inexpensive multimodal model that replaced GPT-3.5 Turbo as the default low-cost option.
Jul 18, 2024
Differences
| Attribute | Gemini 2.0 Flash | GPT-4o mini |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M | 128K |
| Inputs | Text, image, audio, video | Text, image |
| Released | Dec 2024 | Jul 2024 |