All models
Head to head

Gemini 4 Hydrogen vs GPT 5.1 Codex

Price, context, inputs and filters. No benchmarks theatre.

Both cost about the same per message.

Gemini 4 Hydrogen holds 2.6Γ— more context.

MainstreamChat with GPT 5.1 Codex
Made by
Google
OpenAI
Content tier
Mainstream
Mainstream
Intelligence
Brilliant
Brilliant
Estimated price per message
~4.59 creditsβ‰ˆ 21 messages for $1
~4.55 creditsβ‰ˆ 21 messages for $1
Context window
1M tokensβ‰ˆ 1,613 pages of text in one go
400K tokensβ‰ˆ 615 pages of text in one go
Reads
Text, Images, Video, Audio
Text, Images
Writes
Text
Text
Tool use
Yes - search, memory, code and more
Yes - search, memory, code and more
Served via
OpenRouter
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
Status
Current
Legacy

A typical message: 16K tokens in, 1.5K out. Short replies cost less. Models served via OpenRouter bill the real provider cost plus our markup, so actual charges vary. 1 credit = $0.01.