Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Llama 4 8B
A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.
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Gemini 2.5 Pro specs · Llama 4 8B specs- PriceGemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro publishes pricing ($10.00 / 1M output tokens) while Llama 4 8B does not.
- Context windowGemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts 2.1M tokens vs 128K, 16.4× the room for long documents and codebases.
- BenchmarksTie
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.
- ModalitiesGemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro supports 4 modalities (text, vision, audio, video) vs 1 for Llama 4 8B.
- OpennessLlama 4 8B
Llama 4 8B ships open weights (Llama 4 Community License); Gemini 2.5 Pro is API-only.
On balance Gemini 2.5 Pro edges ahead, winning 3 of 5 categories against Llama 4 8B's 1. Gemini 2.5 Pro publishes pricing ($10.00 / 1M output tokens) while Llama 4 8B does not. Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts 2.1M tokens vs 128K, 16.4× the room for long documents and codebases.
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Gemini 2.5 Pro handles text, vision, audio, video while Llama 4 8B handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Llama 4 8B ships open weights (Llama 4 Community License); Gemini 2.5 Pro is API-only.
Both shipped within roughly a month of each other in 2025, so they share the same generation of training data and tooling. Gemini 2.5 Pro is usually picked for long context and rag workloads, while Llama 4 8B sees more deployments in local llm and on device. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Llama 4 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Released | Mar 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Modalities | text, vision, audio, video | text |
| Context window | 2.1M tokens | 128K tokens |
| Max output | , | , |
| Input · 1M | $1.25 / 1M tokens | Pricing not published |
| Output · 1M | $10.00 / 1M tokens | Pricing not published |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01 | , |
| Open weights | No | Yes (Llama 4 Community License) |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
Pricing at scale
What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.
- Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day$18.75 vs ,
- Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day$188 vs ,
- RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day$248 vs ,
Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).
Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.
- Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.625
- Llama 4 8BPricing unavailable
Benchmarks compared
Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.
- MMLU86.0
- GPQA84.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro fits when…
- 2M-token context window
- Strong on long-document tasks
- Native multimodal handling
- Long-context tasks, handles 2.1M tokens vs 128K for Llama 4 8B.
- Multimodal needs covering vision, audio, video.
Llama 4 8B fits when…
- Runs on consumer laptops
- Broad tooling support
- Apache-2-adjacent permissiveness for most uses
- Self-hosting and on-prem requirements, open weights (Llama 4 Community License).
Consider Gemini 3 Pro
Google's late-2025 flagship, set new benchmarks on long-context, vision, and reasoning at competitive pricing.
Frequently asked
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or Llama 4 8B cheaper?
Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.Which has the larger context window?
Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts 2.1M tokens vs 128K for Llama 4 8B.Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or Llama 4 8B better for coding?
Both Gemini 2.5 Pro and Llama 4 8B are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.Are either of these models open source?
Llama 4 8B ships open weights (Llama 4 Community License). Gemini 2.5 Pro is API-only.When were Gemini 2.5 Pro and Llama 4 8B released?
Gemini 2.5 Pro was released by Google on 2025-03-25. Llama 4 8B was released by Meta on 2025-04-05.
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