Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs GPT-4.1 nano

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite takes 2 of 5 rounds against GPT-4.1 nano. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.09 per million tokens against $0.16.

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

1M context · tool calling · reads images

$0.09/M tokens

Cheapest price, at Kilo Gateway · 4.2¢ per 1,000 pages

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GPT-4.1 nano

1M context · tool calling · reads images

$0.16/M tokens

Cheapest price, at Poe · 7.6¢ per 1,000 pages

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Maker's price in (lower wins)

$0.10/M

$0.10/M

Maker's price out (lower wins)

$0.40/M

$0.40/M

Cheapest price (lower wins)

$0.09/M at Kilo Gateway

$0.16/M at Poe

Maker's price, blended (lower wins)

$0.18/M

$0.18/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

4.2¢

7.6¢

Context

1M tokens

1M tokens

Open weights

no

no

Tool calling

yes

yes

Structured output

yes

yes

Reads images

yes

yes

Reasoning

yes

no

Released

17 Jun 2025

14 Apr 2025

Providers selling it

28

24

Price we measure against

the maker's own

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not published

not published

Providers selling both · 16

  • Kilo Gateway$0.09 / $0.17
  • Poe$0.12 / $0.16
  • Jiekou$0.17 / $0.17
  • Cloudflare AI Gateway$0.17 / $0.17
  • Helicone$0.17 / $0.17
  • Impossibl$0.17 / $0.17
  • Inference.net$0.17 / $0.17
  • Merge Gateway$0.17 / $0.17

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, then GPT-4.1 nano, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 16.

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or GPT-4.1 nano?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, at $0.09 per million tokens against $0.16 for GPT-4.1 nano, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.09 at Kilo Gateway. GPT-4.1 nano: $0.16 at Poe.
Can I buy both from one provider?
Yes. 16 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Poe, Jiekou, Cloudflare AI Gateway, Helicone, Impossibl, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, at 1M tokens against 1M.

Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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