Gemini 2.5 Pro by Google DeepMind is a thinking model with sparse MoE architecture, 1M-token context, and native multimodal input across text, audio, images, video, and code.
Capabilities, design details, and architectural traits
Gemini 2.5 Pro is a thinking model from Google DeepMind, meaning it reasons through its thoughts before responding. This behavior is built into the model's training, not applied as a post-processing step. Its architecture is a sparse mixture-of-experts (MoE) transformer, which activates only a subset of parameters per input token - decoupling total model capacity from per-token compute cost.
| Trait | Detail |
|---|---|
| Thinking model | Reasons before responding; thinking capability is built into training via reinforcement learning and improved post-training |
| Sparse MoE architecture | Dynamically routes each input token to a learned subset of parameters (experts); total capacity is decoupled from serving cost per token |
| 1M-token context window | Accepts text, audio, images, video, and entire code repositories within a single 1M-token context; outputs up to 64K tokens |
| Thought summaries | Raw model thoughts are structured into a formatted output with headers and key details, available via the Gemini API and Vertex AI |
| Deep Think mode | An enhanced reasoning variant of 2.5 Pro that uses parallel thinking - the model considers multiple hypotheses before responding |
Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts text, audio, images, video, and code repositories natively within its context window. The model card explicitly lists entire code repositories as a supported input type, positioning the 1M-token window as a practical tool for agentic coding workflows rather than only document processing.
Independent evaluations · Artificial Analysis
Evaluate specifications, pricing, and independent benchmark indices
| Model Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General Info | |||
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic | |
| Release Date | June 5, 2025 | July 24, 2026 | June 9, 2026 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | Jan 2025 | May 2026 | - |
| Context & Limits | |||
| Context Window | 1.0M Best Context Window | 1M | 1M |
| Pricing (per 1M tokens) | |||
| Input Pricing | $1.25 Best Input Pricing | $5 | $10 |
| Output Pricing | $10 Best Output Pricing | $25 | $50 |
| Modalities | |||
| Inputs | textimagefileaudiovideo | textimage | textimagefile |
| Outputs | text | text | text |
| Benchmarks (0-100) | |||
| Intelligence Index | 25.9 | 63.1 Best Intelligence Index | 62.1 |
| Coding Index | 33.3 | 78.0 Best Coding Index | 76.5 |
| Agentic Index | 7.2 | 59.2 Best Agentic Index | 56.6 |
Graduate-level reasoning and expert Q&A evaluation.
Extremely difficult logical reasoning and knowledge.
Logical reasoning over long context windows.
Independent evaluation data provided by Artificial Analysis. To view the latest benchmarks and full details, visit their official site.
