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Gemini 1.5 Flash vs GPT-5-Codex

Google Gemini 1.5 Flash vs OpenAI GPT-5-Codex — side-by-side specs.

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash
OpenAI
GPT-5-Codex
Overview
CompanyGoogleOpenAI
Release dateMay 14 2024Sep 15 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGemini 1.5 Flash shipped 489 days before GPT-5-Codex

Which is better: Gemini 1.5 Flash or GPT-5-Codex?

Gemini 1.5 Flash and GPT-5-Codex do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Gemini 1.5 Flash shipped 489 days before GPT-5-Codex, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Gemini 1.5 Flash released?
Gemini 1.5 Flash was released by Google on May 14 2024.
When was GPT-5-Codex released?
GPT-5-Codex was released by OpenAI on Sep 15 2025.

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