Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24)

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24)

Google · Released May 15, 2024
Intelligence #602 / 715
19.1 our score
AA Index #344 / 428
6.1 Artificial Analysis
Input Price
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Output Price
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Context
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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.

#602 of 715 overall Down 11 this week

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.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 16% of models #602
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) $0.00 in $0.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol $2.00 in $10.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24) 0

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence0.9Technical2.3Value0Content4.5
Performance profile

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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Frequently asked questions about Gemini 1.5 Pro (May ’24)

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.

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