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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

AI model Released

API mode
Chat*
Context window
1,048,576 tokens
Maximum output
65,536 tokens
Open weights
No

No matched benchmark results are available for this entry yet.

Run it locally

Inference · memory estimate

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Closed weights. No supported local deployment or GPU requirement is published.

API cost

USD / month

Standard text-token estimate. Excludes taxes, caching, batch discounts, reasoning and multimodal surcharges. Provider limits and regional availability may differ.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Capabilities

Context window
1,048,576 tokens
Maximum input
1,048,576 tokens*
Maximum output
65,536 tokens
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes*
Open weights
No
Knowledge cutoff
2025-01
API mode
Chat*
Image input
Yes*
PDF input
Yes*
Audio output
No*
Parallel tool calls
Yes*
Prompt caching
Yes*
System messages
Yes*
Tool choice
Yes*
Web search
Yes*

Input modalities

  • text
  • image
  • audio
  • video
  • pdf

Output modalities

  • text

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 41 fields
cache read input audio token cost
3.0e-8*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
cache read input token cost
1.0e-8*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
cache read input token cost flex
1.0e-8*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
cache read input token cost priority
1.8e-8*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
deprecation date
2026-10-20*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
google maps grounding cost per query
0.025*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
input cost per audio token
3.0e-7*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
input cost per audio token batches
5.0e-8*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
input cost per audio token priority
5.4e-7*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
input cost per token
1.0e-7*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
input cost per token batches
5.0e-8*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
input cost per token flex
5.0e-8*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
input cost per token priority
1.8e-7*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
litellm provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
max input tokens
1,048,576*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
max output tokens
65,535*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
max tokens
65,535*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
mode
chat*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
output cost per reasoning token
4.0e-7*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
output cost per token
4.0e-7*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
output cost per token batches
2.0e-7*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
output cost per token flex
2.0e-7*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
output cost per token priority
7.2e-7*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
search context cost per query
search_context_size_low
0.035*
search_context_size_medium
0.035*
search_context_size_high
0.035*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
search free requests
count
1,500*
period
day*
shared_group
gemini-2-flash*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supported endpoints
  • /v1/chat/completions*
  • /v1/completions*
  • /v1/batch*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supported modalities
  • text*
  • image*
  • audio*
  • video*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supported output modalities
  • text*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports audio output
No*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports function calling
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports image size
No*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports parallel function calling
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports pdf input
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports prompt caching
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports reasoning
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports response schema
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports system messages
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports tool choice
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports url context
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports vision
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*
supports web search
Yes*
Scope and conditions
native_context
provider
vertex_ai-language-models*
mode
chat*
full_native_model_id
gemini-2.5-flash-lite*
pricing_scope
Literal source field names and values retained; provider, region, cache/batch/threshold conditions and per-unit meaning must be checked. max_tokens is not automatically a context limit.*

* Provisional data