Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025)
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 61 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1254±10 from 4,792 votes. Its best category is Creative writing (#38 of 104). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #61 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Creative writing (#38 of 104).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 |  GPT-5.6 Luna (xHigh) OpenAI | 1257 | 11,055 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 59 |  MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi | 1256 | 3,618 | MIT | +2 |
| 60 |  Kimi K2.5 (Instant) Moonshot AI | 1254 | 4,111 | Modified MIT | +0 |
| 61 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) Google | 1254 | 4,792 | Proprietary | |
| 62 |  MiniMax-M3 MiniMax | 1251 | 19,844 | MiniMax Community License | -3 |
| 63 | GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI | 1250 | 7,590 | Proprietary | -4 |
| 64 | GPT-5.1 (High) OpenAI | 1250 | 9,848 | 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 Preview (09-2025) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 61 (1254); OCR rank 67 (1255); Diagrams rank 76 (1250); Homework rank 53 (1283); Creative writing rank 38 (1270); Humor rank 48 (1255); English rank 55 (1264); Chinese rank 58 (1288) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) at OCR?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) ranks 67 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1255 (2,752 votes).
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #58 of 128 (1288); English board: #55 of 167 (1264). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) has 1254, 71 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 –.