Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24)
Analysis Summary
Gemini 1.5 Pro is an earlier Google general-purpose model with a measured intelligence index of 6.1 and coding index of 19.8. Those results support routine drafting, summarisation, classification, and straightforward analytical work, but they do not indicate the reasoning depth or software-engineering capability expected from a current flagship.
For an agency, it remains suitable for lower-risk content production, first-pass research organisation, and repetitive internal tasks where review is already part of the process. It is less appropriate for complex strategy, demanding code generation, or autonomous workflows. The model has benchmark data, but its age and relatively limited measured capability make it a secondary option rather than a model to lead client-facing work with.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Gemini 1.5 Pro offers an established general-purpose profile for routine writing and analysis, but its measured reasoning and coding capability is well below current flagship standards.
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DFO Verdict
Gemini 1.5 Pro offers an established general-purpose profile for routine writing and analysis, but its measured reasoning and coding capability is well below current flagship standards.
How Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) compares
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) ranks #344 of 428 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #145 of 201 for coding. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on content. The pulled-in value corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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How much does Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) cost?
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) ranks #145 of 201 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24)?
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) is developed by Google and was released on May 15, 2024.