Gemini 2.5 Pro
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 2.5 Pro is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 51 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1263±5 from 88,755 votes. Its best category is Captioning (#3 of 34). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #51 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Captioning (#3 of 34).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) Google | 1266 | 37,173 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 49 | SStep 5 Preview StepFun | 1265 | 1,649 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 50 |  GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai | 1264 | 42,757 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 51 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Google | 1263 | 88,755 | Proprietary | |
| 52 |  Grok 4.6 (High) xAI | 1263 | 7,261 | Proprietary | +0 |
| 53 |  MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi | 1263 | 1,754 | MIT | +0 |
| 54 |  Qwen3.5-397B-A17B Alibaba | 1262 | 32,657 | Apache 2.0 | -1 |
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 Pro rank among vision models?
Overall rank 51 (1263); OCR rank 52 (1270); Diagrams rank 55 (1274); Homework rank 56 (1281); Captioning rank 3 (1304); Entity recognition rank 8 (1283); Creative writing rank 42 (1265); Humor rank 41 (1262); English rank 59 (1261); Chinese rank 53 (1300) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 2.5 Pro at OCR?
Gemini 2.5 Pro ranks 52 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1270 (32,875 votes).
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #53 of 128 (1300); English board: #59 of 167 (1261). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 2.5 Pro from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 2.5 Pro has 1263, 62 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 –.