TL;DR
- Gemini Ultra was Google DeepMind’s flagship Gemini tier at launch in early 2024 - notable for hitting 90.0% on the MMLU benchmark
- Multimodal across text, images, video, and code, with strong coding and reasoning performance for its era
- Has since been superseded by Gemini 2.0, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and the current Gemini 3 family
- Documented here for historical context - the original Ultra branding is no longer the main consumer-facing model
- Access today is through AI Studio, Vertex AI, and Google One AI Premium plans
About
Note: Gemini Ultra (released early 2024) has since been superseded by more advanced versions. As of 2026, Google’s flagship offering is the Gemini 3 family, sitting above the still-shipping Gemini 2.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro tiers. This article documents the original Gemini Ultra for historical context.
Google Gemini Ultra was Google DeepMind’s top-tier offering in the Gemini family, known for:
Performance Highlights
- Achieves 90.0% on MMLU benchmark (Massive Multitask Language Understanding), competitive with other frontier models.
- Multimodal reasoning across text, images, video, and code.
- Strong performance on coding tasks, creative writing, and complex reasoning.
Features
- Multimodal reasoning for analyzing combined text and visual information.
- Expertise in coding, understanding, explaining, and generating code.
- Enhanced creative capabilities for brainstorm and content generation.
Current Status (2026)
- Gemini Ultra has been succeeded by more capable models including Gemini 2.0, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and the Gemini 3 family.
- Access now primarily through Google’s AI Studio, Vertex AI, and Google One AI Premium plans.
- Older benchmarks (MMLU 90.0%) have been surpassed by newer models in the Gemini family.