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Gemini 2.5 Flash
ActiveFirst Flash-tier model with native thinking; long-time daily-driver recommendation at $0.30/$2.50, 1M context.
About this version
Gemini 2.5 Flash is the latest active release in Google’s Gemini family, positioned as a balanced‑tier model and launched in June 2025 with a knowledge cutoff of January 2025. It introduces the first Flash‑tier native thinking capability and supports an extended context window of one million tokens, making it recommended for daily use at a typical price point of $0.30 per request or $2.50 per month.
- API string
- gemini-2.5-flash
- Context window
- 1M ctx
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jan 1, 2025
- Tier
- Balanced
- Released
- Jun 1, 2025
Release & change timeline
1 event- Release
Gemini 2.5 Flash released
First Flash-tier model with native thinking; $0.30/$2.50, 1M context. Became the recommended daily-driver.
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