Gemini 2.5 Flash
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 2.5 Flash is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 76 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1235±5 from 60,087 votes. Its best category is Captioning (#7 of 34). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #76 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Captioning (#7 of 34).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview Google | 1240 | 27,657 | Proprietary | +5 |
| 74 |  GPT-6 Sol (Max) OpenAI | 1240 | 3,221 | Proprietary | +5 |
| 75 | TInkling-Small Thinking Machines | 1237 | 8,074 | Apache 2.0 | +2 |
| 76 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Google | 1235 | 60,087 | Proprietary | |
| 77 | GPT-5.1 OpenAI | 1235 | 10,801 | Proprietary | +0 |
| 78 | GPT-5 Chat OpenAI | 1232 | 39,894 | Proprietary | -3 |
| 79 |  Grok 4.7 (xHigh) xAI | 1231 | 3,736 | Proprietary | -4 |
Alternatives · More from Google
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) Google | 1315 | 4,645 | Proprietary |
| 8 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Google | 1314 | 5,369 | Proprietary |
| 13 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) Google | 1308 | 13,862 | Proprietary |
| 14 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) Google | 1306 | 14,061 | Proprietary |
| 16 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 1305 | 13,623 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Gemini 2.5 Flash rank among vision models?
Overall rank 76 (1235); OCR rank 80 (1237); Diagrams rank 81 (1245); Homework rank 80 (1244); Captioning rank 7 (1277); Entity recognition rank 16 (1252); Creative writing rank 59 (1241); Humor rank 64 (1225); English rank 76 (1239); Chinese rank 60 (1284) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 2.5 Flash at OCR?
Gemini 2.5 Flash ranks 80 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1237 (27,156 votes).
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #60 of 128 (1284); English board: #76 of 167 (1239). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 2.5 Flash from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 2.5 Flash has 1235, 90 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.