GCP - Gemini vs Vertex AI

TL;DR

• Gemini is a family of large language models (LLM).
• Vertex AI is the infra, as part of GCP, to run models (including Gemini models) and for building AI applications.

Gemini

• Gemini is a family of models.
• Gemini can be accessed from https://gemini.google.com/ or Google AI Studio.
• Gemini is also integrated with Google 1st party products like googe.com, Google Workspace, etc.
• Gemini can be used in Vertex AI.

Vertex AI

• Vertex AI is not a model.
• Vertex AI is a platform to build AI applications.
• Vertex AI supports hundreds of models, including Gemini models.
• Vertex AI can be used for both training and prediction.
• Vertex AI similar services:
  • AWS SageMaker + Bedrock
  • Azure Machine Learning