Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
- In Input modalities: TextImageAudioVideoPDF Out Output modalities: Text
- Reasoning· low, medium, high
- Reasoning can be off
- Tool use
- Structured output
Prices
2 offerings · prices as listed Gemini API (opens in a new tab)
gemini-2.5-flash-lite| Conditions/ 1M tokens | Input | Cache read | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | — | — | $0.40 |
| Text tokens Standard | $0.10 | $0.010 | — |
| Image tokens | $0.10 | $0.010 | — |
| Audio tokens | $0.30 | $0.030 | — |
| Video tokens | $0.10 | $0.010 | — |
| Flex tier | — | — | $0.20 |
| Priority tier | — | — | $0.72 |
| Batch | — | — | $0.20 |
| Text tokensFlex tier | $0.050 | $0.010 | — |
| Text tokensPriority tier | $0.18 | $0.018 | — |
| Text tokensBatch | $0.050 | $0.010 | — |
| Image tokensFlex tier | $0.050 | $0.010 | — |
| Image tokensPriority tier | $0.18 | $0.018 | — |
| Image tokensBatch | $0.050 | $0.010 | — |
| Audio tokensFlex tier | $0.15 | $0.030 | — |
| Audio tokensPriority tier | $0.54 | $0.054 | — |
| Audio tokensBatch | $0.15 | $0.030 | — |
| Video tokensFlex tier | $0.050 | $0.010 | — |
| Video tokensPriority tier | $0.18 | $0.018 | — |
| Video tokensBatch | $0.050 | $0.010 | — |
Prices from Gemini API pricing (opens in a new tab) (checked Nov 8, 2026)
Standard: the price a request with no conditions pays (the headline price elsewhere on the site).
Details
- Built-in tools
- Web search, Web fetch, Code execution
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jan 2025
- Open weights
- —
- Family
- gemini-flash-lite
- Model ID
Not stated on Google’s pages: max input, max thinking budget, aliases.
Cited scores
From third-party leaderboards, not measured by usThis model isn’t on any leaderboard we cite yet.
News
All news →- Sep 18, 2026Other Google limits access to Gemini 2.5 models Google is limiting Gemini 2.5 API access to users who have actively used those models. They are not deprecated and remain available until further notice. New projects should use 3.5 Flash-Lite or 3.8 Flash.
Changes
All changes →- Deprecated → Retired on Google Cloud Vertex AI
- Available → Deprecated on Google Cloud Vertex AI
- 3 new prices on Gemini API Input (Priority tier) $0.18 · Cache read (Priority tier) $0.018 · Cache read (Audio tokens, Priority tier) $0.054
Sources
- Gemini API pricing (opens in a new tab) ai.google.dev · checked Nov 8, 2026
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite model (opens in a new tab) ai.google.dev · checked Nov 8, 2026
- Gemini API changelog (opens in a new tab) ai.google.dev · checked Nov 8, 2026
- models.dev: gemini-2.5-flash-lite (community data, MIT) (opens in a new tab) github.com · checked Sep 30, 2026
- Gemini thinking - Interactions API | Google AI for Developers (opens in a new tab) ai.google.dev · checked Nov 8, 2026
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform | Google Cloud Documentation (opens in a new tab) docs.cloud.google.com · checked Nov 6, 2026
- Vertex AI generative AI pricing (opens in a new tab) cloud.google.com · checked Nov 5, 2026
- Vertex AI: model versions and lifecycle (opens in a new tab) docs.cloud.google.com · checked Nov 5, 2026
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