gemini-2.5-flash-lite

proprietary

Our most cost-efficient multimodal model, offering the fastest performance for high-frequency, lightweight tasks. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is best for high-volume classification, simple data extraction, and extremely low-latency applications where budget and speed are the primary constraints.

Context
1.0M
Max output
66K
Input price
$0.1/1M tokens
Output price
$0.4/1M tokens

Capabilities

Reasoning & Interaction
Reasoning
Tool Calling
Output Control
Structured Output
JSON Mode
Infrastructure
Streaming
Batch Processing

Details

Provider Google AI
Creator google
Licenseproprietary
Statusactive
Typechat
Input modalitiestext, image, video, audio
Output modalitiestext, image, audio
Open weightNo
Parameters—
Architecture—
Context window1.0M tokens
Max input—
Max output66K tokens
Reasoning tokens—
Knowledge cutoff
Release date—
Sourceofficial

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling
Call external functions and APIs

Endpoints

Generate ContentPOST
Generate text from multimodal inputhttps://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent
Stream ContentPOST
Stream text generation responseshttps://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/v1beta/models/{model}:streamGenerateContent

Pricing

Text tokensPer 1M tokens
InputCached inputOutput
Standard$0.1$0.01$0.4
Batch$0.05—$0.2

Family Comparison: gemini-2.5

ModelContextMax outPricing
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview———
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-20251.0M66K—
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025131K8K—
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20———
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-20251.0M66K—
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25———
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25———
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06———
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05———
gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview———
gemini-2.5-flash-lite1.0M66K$0.1$0.4
gemini-2.5-flash-image66K33K$0.3$0.04
gemini-2.5-flash1.0M66K$0.3$2.5
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts8K16K$0.5$10
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts8K16K$1$20
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025128K64K$1.25$10
gemini-2.5-pro1.0M66K$1.25$10

API

GET/v1/models/google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite

gemini-2.5-flash-lite

Our most cost-efficient multimodal model, offering the fastest performance for high-frequency, lightweight tasks. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is best for high-volume classification, simple data extraction, and extremely low-latency applications where budget and speed are the primary constraints.

Changes · 11 entries
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdatee3d7dedAug 31, 2026, 04:13 AM
descriptionThe Interactions API is now generally available. We recom...→Our most cost-efficient multimodal model, offering the fa...
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdate88d97e5Jun 30, 2026, 04:49 AM
descriptionOur most cost-efficient multimodal model, offering the fa...→The Interactions API is now generally available. We recom...
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdate36c567eMar 27, 2026, 07:38 PM
deprecation_date2026-07-22
successorgemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdatefa2bbbbMar 24, 2026, 05:22 AM
descriptiona Latina Français Indonesia Italiano Polski Português – B...→Our most cost-efficient multimodal model, offering the fa...
taglinea Latina Français Indonesia Italiano Polski Português – B...→Our most cost-efficient multimodal model, offering the fa...
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdate1cd659eMar 24, 2026, 04:19 AM
capabilitiesjson modeyes
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdateb301ebeMar 23, 2026, 11:47 PM
descriptiona Latina Français Indonesia Italiano Polski Português – B...
taglinea Latina Français Indonesia Italiano Polski Português – B...
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdate2b100acMar 23, 2026, 05:30 AM
model_typechat
licenseproprietary
page_urlhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-2.5-f...
open_weightno
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdate7a4f1f6Mar 22, 2026, 05:43 AM
modalitiesoutput["text","image"]→["text","image","audio"]
pricinginput$0.1output$0.4cached input$0.01batch input$0.05batch output$0.2tiers[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdateb50649fMar 21, 2026, 11:58 PM
successorgemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview
tools["function_calling"]
endpoints["generateContent","streamGenerateContent"]
gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdatec9a70c5Mar 21, 2026, 08:12 AM
deprecation_dateJuly 22, 2026→2026-07-22
knowledge_cutoffJanuary 2025→2025-01
gemini-2.5-flash-litecreate7f5c66fMar 21, 2026, 05:16 AM