The models in the Gemini app are nerfed in comparison to those in AI Studio: they have less thinking budget, output less tokens, and have various safety filters

The models in the Gemini app are nerfed in comparison to those in AI Studio: they have less thinking budget, output less tokens, and have various safety filters. There’s certainly a trade-off between using AI Studio for its better performance and using the API or the Gemini app in a way that doesn’t involve Google keeping your data for training purposes.