Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Gemini Flash-Lite Latest

Prices checked

Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 1 of 5 rounds against Gemini Flash-Lite Latest. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.42 per million tokens against $0.85.

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Gemini 2.5 Flash

1M context · tool calling · reads images

$0.42/M tokens

Cheapest price, at Kilo Gateway · $0.17 per 1,000 pages

Google

Gemini Flash-Lite Latest

1M context · tool calling · reads images

$0.85/M tokens

Google's own price · $0.33 per 1,000 pages

Maker's price in (lower wins)

$0.30/M

$0.30/M

Maker's price out (lower wins)

$2.50/M

$2.50/M

Cheapest price (lower wins)

$0.42/M at Kilo Gateway

none below the maker

Maker's price, blended (lower wins)

$0.85/M

$0.85/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.17

$0.33

Context

1M tokens

1M tokens

Open weights

no

no

Tool calling

yes

yes

Structured output

yes

yes

Reads images

yes

yes

Reasoning

yes

yes

Released

17 Jun 2025

21 Jul 2026

Providers selling it

37

5

Price we measure against

the maker's own

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not published

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 2

  • Google$0.85 / $0.85
  • NanoGPT$0.85 / $0.85

Gemini 2.5 Flash, then Gemini Flash-Lite Latest, per million tokens.

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Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.

What moved this week

  1. Gemini 2.5 Flash

    NanoGPT · 224% dearer ·

    $0.30 / $2.50 $0.15 / $0.60

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Gemini Flash-Lite Latest?
Gemini 2.5 Flash, at $0.42 per million tokens against $0.85 for Gemini Flash-Lite Latest, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?
Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.42 at Kilo Gateway. Gemini Flash-Lite Latest: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.85 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?
Yes. 2 providers sell both: Google, NanoGPT. The cheapest of them for the two together is Google.
Which holds more context?
Both hold 1M tokens in one call.

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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