What it is
This PDF report introduces the next generation of highly compute-efficient multimodal models, including two new models, Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash, which are capable of recalling and reasoning over fine-grained information from millions of tokens of context.
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PDF: In this report, we introduce the Gemini 1.5 family of models, representing the next generation of highly compute-efficient multimodal models capable of recalling and reasoning over fine-grained information from millions of tokens of context, including multiple long documents and hours of video and audio. The family includes two new models: (1) an updated Gemini 1.5 Pro, which exceeds the February version on the great majority of capabilities and benchmarks; (2) Gemini 1.5 Flash, a more lightweight variant designed for efficiency with minimal regression in quality.
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Pricing snapshot (auto-enriched): Free tier available for Gemini 1.0; Gemini 1.5 Pro available at $19.99/month with longer context windows; usage-based pricing applies for token input/output with small fees for context caching.
Work-use / compliance snapshot (auto-enriched): Google Gemini 1.5 Enterprise editions are suitable for workplace use, supporting data residency, customer-managed encryption keys, and security controls, with compliance certifications including SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS, while offering enterprise-grade security and privacy controls.
Alternatives (auto-enriched): Alternative: GPT-4 Turbo | Comparison: Gemini 1.5 supports up to 10 million tokens of context, vastly exceeding GPT-4 Turbo’s 128k token limit, enabling superior long-context multimodal understanding. Alternative: Claude 3.0 | Comparison: Gemini 1.5 offers a generational leap in long-context recall with near-perfect retrieval up to 10 million tokens, compared to Claude 3.0’s 200k token context window.
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