Google DeepMind · General LLM
Gemini
Google's natively multimodal AI model family designed to understand and reason across text, images, audio, video, and code.
Overview
Gemini is Google DeepMind's most capable AI model family, built from the ground up to be natively multimodal. Unlike models that bolt together separate vision and language components, Gemini was trained jointly on text, images, audio, and video data. Gemini Ultra achieves state-of-the-art performance on numerous benchmarks, while Gemini Pro and Flash variants offer excellent performance-to-cost ratios. The model powers Google's AI features across Search, Workspace, and the Gemini chatbot.
Models
Ultra, Pro, Flash (1.5 family)
Context Window
Up to 1M tokens (1.5 Pro)
Modality
Text, image, audio, video (native)
Architecture
Natively multimodal transformer
API Availability
Google AI Studio, Vertex AI
Capabilities
Native multimodal reasoning across text, image, audio, and video
Advanced mathematical and scientific reasoning
Code generation and understanding
Long-context processing up to 1M tokens (Gemini 1.5 Pro)
Real-time conversational AI
Grounded responses with Google Search integration
Use Cases
Building multimodal AI applications processing diverse media types
Analyzing video content with natural language queries
Processing extremely long documents with the 1M token context
Integrating AI capabilities into Google Workspace workflows
Pros
- +Natively multimodal with best-in-class video understanding
- +1M token context window is the largest commercially available
- +Competitive pricing especially for Flash variants
- +Deep integration with Google ecosystem and services
Cons
- -Closed-source with Google Cloud vendor lock-in considerations
- -Availability and features can vary by region
- -Ultra model access is more restricted than competitors
- -Google's data practices may concern privacy-sensitive organizations
Pricing
Gemini 1.5 Pro: $1.25/1M input, $5/1M output (under 128K). Gemini 1.5 Flash: $0.075/1M input, $0.30/1M output. Free tier available.