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Gemini vs Perplexity
Compare Gemini vs Perplexity: pricing, context window, benchmarks (coding, math, reasoning), capabilities. Updated April 2026.
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Free tier
Limited Gemini 3 Flash, ~50 messages/day
5 Pro searches/day
Standard plan
Google AI Pro — $20/mo
Pro — $20/mo
Top plan
Google AI Ultra — $250/mo
Enterprise — $200/mo
API input / 1M tokens
$7.00
$3.00 Best
API output / 1M tokens
$21.00
$15.00 Best
Capability
Context window
2M Best
200K
Max output tokens
8K Best
4K
Knowledge cutoff
2026-01
Live (web)
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
70% Best
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Math (AIME 2025)
80% Best
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Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
78% Best
65%
Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
1402 Best
1280
Features
Image input
✓
✓
Voice mode
✓
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Web search
✓
✓
File upload
✓
✓
Image generation
✓
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Code execution
✓
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Agent / tool use
✓
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Persistent memory
✓
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Gemini
Largest context window (2M). Native video + audio understanding. Tight Workspace integration.
Perplexity
Search-grounded, not a general assistant. Best when you need cited, real-time answers.
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