Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) vs PaLM 2 Chat
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) and PaLM 2 Chat, both from Google AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 8K, tested across 12 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
PaLM 2 Chat
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
PaLM 2 Chat is 7.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Input
$0.17
2.9× cheaper
Output
$3.50
PaLM 2 Chat
Input
$0.50
Output
$0.50
7.0× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) wins input (2.9× cheaper)·PaLM 2 Chat wins output (7.0× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
72%
PaLM 2 Chat uses 7.2x more headings
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
PaLM 2 Chat
53%Vocabulary63%
14wSentence Length16w
0.38Hedging0.77
4.4Bold3.4
4.1Lists1.3
0.00Emoji0.00
0.00Headings0.07
0.24Transitions0.27
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