Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 vs Llama 4 Scout
A side-by-side comparison of two multimodal models — real specs, pricing, strengths and weaknesses, and a clear verdict on which to choose. Kept current by our agents.
Quick verdict: which should you choose?
Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 if you need
- ✓Choose Llama 4 Scout if you need a 10M-token context window for long text and image sequences.
- ✓Choose Llama 4 Scout if you need the lowest output price at $0.3 per 1M tokens.
- ✓Choose Llama 4 Scout if you need an open-weight model with measured 109.63 t/s output speed.
- ✓Choose Llama 4 Scout if you need strong reasoning over extremely long inputs under an open license.
Choose Llama 4 Scout if you need
- ✓Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 if you need native support for audio, video, and file inputs.
- ✓Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 if you need flexible cross-modal reasoning across more than text and images.
- ✓Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 if you need handling of multiple file types in a single proprietary model.
- ✓Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 if you need a very large (1M-token) context with broad modality coverage.
Verdict
Llama 4 Scout leads on context size (10M vs 1M tokens), price ($0.3 vs $10 per 1M), and reported output speed (109.63 t/s), plus open-weight access. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 leads on native modality breadth, supporting audio, video, and files beyond Llama's text-and-image limit. Llama wins for long-sequence multimodal work where cost and openness matter; Gemini wins when cross-modal flexibility is required.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 vs Llama 4 Scout: side by side
| Spec | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 | Llama 4 Scout | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | — | 10 | Tie |
| Output speed | — | 111 t/s | Tie |
| Output price | $10.00/1M | $0.30/1M | Llama 4 Scout |
| Context | 1049K | 10000K | Llama 4 Scout |
| Params | — | — | Tie |
| Provider | Meta | Tie |
Detailed analysis
Context Window
Winner: Llama 4 ScoutLlama 4 Scout provides a 10,000,000-token context while Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 offers 1,048,576 tokens. Both models note high resource use at maximum context, but Llama's window is nearly ten times larger.
Pricing
Winner: Llama 4 ScoutLlama 4 Scout is listed at $0.3 per 1M output tokens versus Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 at $10 per 1M. The tenfold price difference favors Llama for high-volume workloads.
Modalities Supported
Winner: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 natively handles text, images, audio, video, and files. Llama 4 Scout is limited to text and image modalities only.
Licensing & Access
Winner: Llama 4 ScoutLlama 4 Scout is open-weight from Meta; Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 is proprietary from Google. Open weights enable local or customized deployment not available with the preview model.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06
Pros
- +Very large context window
- +Native support for multiple modalities
- +Strong cross-modal reasoning
Cons
- –Preview version may show variability
- –High resource use with maximum context
- –Occasional modality-specific inconsistencies
Llama 4 Scout
Pros
- +Extremely large context window
- +Native multimodal input support
- +Strong reasoning over long inputs
Cons
- –High compute cost at maximum context
- –Limited to text and image modalities only
- –May exhibit latency on very long sequences
Summary: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 vs Llama 4 Scout
Select Llama 4 Scout when maximum context, low cost, measured speed, and open weights are priorities. Select Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 when audio, video, and file modalities plus cross-modal flexibility outweigh the higher price and smaller context.
Frequently asked questions
Llama 4 Scout at $0.3 per 1M output tokens versus Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 at $10 per 1M.