In case it's not clear from @paulgauthier
's chart below, the cost differences are quite large among the top 10 models on this benchmark, w/ some (lower quality) models being ~2X, ~3X or ~30X more expensive than the Gemini 2.5 Pro model (the website has a nice table, seen below).
@jeffdean
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Cost Comparison Analysis Top 10 AI Models Benchmark
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Gemini Colleagues Showcase at Google Cloud NEXT Conference
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Come check out some great talks at #GoogleCloudNEXT by my Gemini colleagues!
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Multimodal OCR Extracts Data from Dusty Records
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Nice example of the multimodal OCR capabilities of Gemini 2.5 Pro. Just give it dusty old records and ask for JSON! https://
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/data-rescue-
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Google Offers Discounted Cloud TPU Commitment Pricing Options
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We have one- and three-year commitment pricing for Cloud TPUs that give substantial discounts off the more ad hoc hourly pricing .
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New AI Chip Launch Generates Excitement for Future Applications
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It's a great chip! Congrats! We're looking forward to using it for many things later this year!
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Gemini Models Demonstrate Powerful 2M Token Long Context Capabilities
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A powerful features of our Gemini models since Gemini 1.5 (including 2.0 and 2.5 models) is their powerful long context capability (2M tokens serving in production). You can process ~1000 pages of text, hrs of video, 10+ hrs ofaudio. Come see @SavinovNikolay discuss this!
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Google Colab Offers Free TPU Access for ML Research
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Many of them are still happily serving internal and external uses! For example, there's free access to some kind of TPUs on Colab, to enable external researchers without easy access to accelerators to run accelerated ML workloads: https://
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Google Unveils Ironwood 7th Generation TPU System
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Great to see @sundarpichai kicking off #GoogleCloudNext in Las Vegas by talking about our Ironwood, our 7th generation TPU system (29X more power efficient / operation than our first TPU pod system, and 3600X more performance). I'm excited to join @SabaMugazambi on Friday at
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Gemini Deep Research Feature Demonstrates Advanced AI Capabilities
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A nice example of what the Deep Research feature can do. https://
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Powers Deep Research Feature
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The Deep Research feature is now powered by the Gemini 2.5 Pro model, making it even more effective! Give it a try to generate detailed, easy-to-read reports on just about any research topic at http://
goo.gle/3FYAPLQ!