Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) vs Llama 4 Scout
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) by Google AI against Llama 4 Scout by Meta AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 10.0M, tested across 11 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Llama 4 Scout
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Llama 4 Scout is 7.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Input
$0.15
1.7× cheaper
Output
$3.50
Llama 4 Scout
Input
$0.25
Output
$0.50
7.0× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) wins input (1.7× cheaper)·Llama 4 Scout wins output (7.0× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
29%
Llama 4 Scout uses 81.3x more hedging
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Llama 4 Scout
70%Vocabulary43%
11wSentence Length42w
0.00Hedging0.81
4.2Bold4.1
7.3Lists7.3
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings0.30
0.00Transitions0.04
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Research
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