Moments after DeepSeek released its latest model, another AI giant has already stolen back some of the limelight.
Google Announces Gemini 2.5, its "Most Intelligent" Model
Last Tuesday, Google announced Gemini 2.5, its "most intelligent" model. The company said this initial release is an "experimental version of 2.5 Pro, which is state-of-the-art on a wide range of benchmarks and debuts at #1 on LMArena by a significant margin." Then, on Saturday, Google revealed 2.5 Pro is now available to all Gemini users at gemini.google.com.
A Family of Thinking Models
A family of thinking models, meaning they reason through their responses, Google’s Gemini 2.5 release follows the Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking models that landed in December.
Outperforming the Competition
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental outperforms OpenAI’s o3 mini and Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet on Humanity’s Last Exam (HLE), a recently created benchmark designed to combat saturation — or the problem of industry tests becoming too easy for rapidly evolving models. HLE is, therefore, a relatively harder test to perform well on. Gemini 2.5 scored 18.8% compared to o3 mini’s 14% (evaluated using text problems only, no images) and Claude 3.7 Sonnet’s 8.9%.
Improvements in Reasoning, Multimodal, and Agentic Capabilities
Already topping the Chatbot Arena leaderboard, the new model also outperformed competitors on common benchmarks for science, math, and coding, though usually by a smaller margin, which is now expected given the rate at which new models are accelerating. Google reported that Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental shows improvements in reasoning, multimodal, and agentic capabilities, even from a "single line prompt."
Available to All Gemini Users
Google posted on X that Gemini 2.5 Pro is available to all Gemini users "with rate limits," after an initially more narrow release, and it will be coming to mobile soon. While the company did not update the specifics, it reiterated that Gemini Advanced users still have "expanded access" in addition to a larger context window.
Conclusion
The release of Gemini 2.5 Pro marks another significant milestone in the development of artificial intelligence. With its improved capabilities and availability to all Gemini users, this model is set to revolutionize the way we interact with AI.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is Gemini 2.5 Pro?
A: Gemini 2.5 Pro is an experimental version of Google’s "most intelligent" model, which is state-of-the-art on a wide range of benchmarks and debuts at #1 on LMArena by a significant margin.
Q: What are the key features of Gemini 2.5 Pro?
A: The key features of Gemini 2.5 Pro include improvements in reasoning, multimodal, and agentic capabilities, even from a "single line prompt."
Q: Is Gemini 2.5 Pro available to all users?
A: Yes, Gemini 2.5 Pro is available to all Gemini users "with rate limits," after an initially more narrow release, and it will be coming to mobile soon.
