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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025

AI model Released Sep 25, 2025

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

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025

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

API cost

USD / month

Input tokens / monthOutput tokens / 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 Preview 09-2025

Provider offer

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 · 29 fields

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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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-preview-09-2025^*
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