Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.1 Codex Mini?
As of August 20, 2026, GPT-5.1 Codex Mini is 50% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. GPT-5.1 Codex Mini costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens ($2.25 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $0.75 / $3.75 per million tokens ($4.50 blended). Sources: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing and https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.1 Codex Mini cost per million tokens?
Gemini 3.7 Flash Gemini API pricing is $0.75 input and $3.75 output per million tokens via Google. GPT-5.1 Codex Mini OpenAI API pricing is $0.25 input and $2.00 output per million tokens via OpenAI. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.1 Codex Mini?
Gemini 3.7 Flash has a published SWE-bench Verified score of 80.8%. GPT-5.1 Codex Mini does not have that eval on this page yet.
What is the context window for Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.1 Codex Mini?
Gemini 3.7 Flash supports a 1M token context window, while GPT-5.1 Codex Mini supports 400K tokens. Gemini 3.7 Flash offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.1 Codex Mini?
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads on 3 of 3 shared benchmarks versus GPT-5.1 Codex Mini's 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.1 Codex Mini better for production use?
Both Gemini 3.7 Flash and GPT-5.1 Codex Mini are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, GPT-5.1 Codex Mini has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between Gemini 3.7 Flash and GPT-5.1 Codex Mini in my app?
Yes. Call Gemini 3.7 Flash through Google and GPT-5.1 Codex Mini through OpenAI with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.1 Codex Mini pricing data?
List rates are the latest published Gemini API pricing and OpenAI API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing and https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for Gemini 3.7 Flash and GPT-5.1 Codex Mini?
Gemini 3.7 Flash supports up to 66K output tokens per request, while GPT-5.1 Codex Mini supports up to 128K output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.1 Codex Mini?
Gemini 3.7 Flash runs at approximately 12.65240051066044 tokens/second while GPT-5.1 Codex Mini runs at 200 tokens/second. GPT-5.1 Codex Mini is faster in raw throughput. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.1 Codex Mini comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.1 Codex Mini from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
