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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Cheapest current Gemini tier for extraction, routing, and lightweight chat.

Creator
Google Gemini
Lifecycle
Active
Context
1.0M
Max output
65.5K
Released
May 20, 2025
Status
up
Input
$0.10 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.40 / 1M tokens
Cached read
— / 1M tokens
Cached write
— / 1M tokens
Batch discount
—%
Source
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite pricing
Verified
Apr 2, 2026 (High)

Capabilities

Modalities
textimagevideoaudiopdf→text
Capabilities
webSearchaudioInputimageInputbatchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
Strengths
Lowest Gemini cost, Large context
Tradeoffs
Least capable Gemini 2.5 tier
Official Links
Intro
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models
Docs
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models
Pricing
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing
Release note
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog

Benchmark Coverage

BenchmarkVersionScoreDateSourceNotes

Release History

ReleaseAliasLifecycleRelease DateDeprecationShutdownSummary
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Litegemini-2-5-flash-liteActiveMay 20, 2025——Current published model family snapshot.

Host Coverage

HostTypeContextPricing NoteDifferences
Google AI Studiofirst-party1.0MReference Gemini API pricing.Latest Gemini rollouts
Migration Guidance

Budget fallback for Gemini workloads that do not need Flash or Pro.

Replacement models: gemini-2-5-flash

Change Events
DateTypeTitleDescriptionSource
May 20, 2025family_addedGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite publishedInitial public model family launch.Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite release notes

Other models from Google Gemini

Gemini 2.0 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Pro