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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
ActiveUltra-low-cost variant ($0.10/$0.40) with 1M context; superseded Gemini 2.0 Flash as the budget option.
About this version
Gemini 2.5 Flash‑Lite is an active, ultra‑low‑cost variant in Google’s Gemini family released in July 2025. It offers a one‑million‑token context window and is positioned as the budget option that supersedes the earlier Gemini 2.0 Flash, maintaining fast tier performance while reducing pricing to roughly $0.10 per input token and $0.40 per output token.
- API string
- gemini-2.5-flash-lite
- Context window
- 1M ctx
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jan 1, 2025
- Tier
- Fast
- Released
- Jul 1, 2025
Release & change timeline
1 event- Release
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite released
Ultra-low-cost variant at $0.10/$0.40; superseded Gemini 2.0 Flash as the budget option.
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