Doubao 1.5 Pro Max vs Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision: which model should you choose?
We compared Doubao 1.5 Pro Max and Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision has the stronger average benchmark score; Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $14.93 per million input tokens and $73.69 per million output tokens, and averages 81.2 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.93 / 1M
- Output
- $73.69 / 1M
- Context
- 400,000
- Avg score
- 81.2
- Open weights
- No
Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision
Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision is a multimodal model from Google DeepMind. It offers a 200,000-token context window, costs $14.91 per million input tokens and $71.00 per million output tokens, and averages 82.0 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.91 / 1M
- Output
- $71.00 / 1M
- Context
- 200,000
- Avg score
- 82.0
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $14.93 | $14.91 | B |
| Output price / 1M | $73.69 | $71.00 | B |
| Context window | 400,000 | 200,000 | A |
| Max output | 4,096 | 4,096 | Tie |
| Average score | 81.2 | 82.0 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1447.5 | 1451.3 | B |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 4, Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision wins 7, and 1 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.1 | 83.9 | 2.8 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.1 | 78.0 | 1.9 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.7 | 72.4 | 1.7 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision |
| HumanEval | 84.0 | 85.8 | 1.8 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision |
| MATH-500 | 85.3 | 82.9 | 2.4 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| AIME 2025 | 80.4 | 80.0 | 0.4 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| LiveCodeBench | 73.5 | 76.0 | 2.5 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision |
| IFEval | 90.2 | 90.2 | 0.0 | Tie |
| TruthfulQA | 84.4 | 84.1 | 0.3 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| HellaSwag | 87.8 | 90.8 | 3.0 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision |
| MMMU | 79.3 | 78.2 | 1.1 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| Arena Elo | 1447.5 | 1451.3 | 3.8 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max costs about $29.62 per million tokens and Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision costs about $28.93. Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision is roughly 2% cheaper than Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max has the larger context window at 400,000 tokens, compared with 200,000 for Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 4, Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision wins 7, and 1 are tied. On the index average, Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Max by 0.8 points (82.0 versus 81.2).
The price picture favours Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision. The context picture favours Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro Max if
- You need the larger 400,000-token context window.
Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
FAQ
Is Doubao 1.5 Pro Max better than Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision?
On the index average, Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Max by 0.8 points (82.0 versus 81.2). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 4 benchmarks, Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision wins 7.
Which is cheaper, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max or Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision?
Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $28.93 per million tokens, versus $29.62 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Max.
Which has the larger context window?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max has the larger context window at 400,000 tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision has 200,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is proprietary; Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Gemini 2.5 Pro Vision for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.