Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Nova 2 Lite
Prices checked
Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 2 of 5 rounds against Nova 2 Lite. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.42 per million tokens against $0.85.
GoogleWins 2 roundsGemini 2.5 Flash
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$0.42/M tokensCheapest price, at Kilo Gateway · $0.17 per 1,000 pages
Nova 2 Lite
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$0.85/M tokensOpenRouter'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
not published
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
no
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
17 Jun 2025
2 Dec 2025
Providers selling it
37
5
Price we measure against
the maker's own
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
Kilo Gateway$0.42 / $0.85
Nous Portal$0.85 / $0.85
OpenRouter$0.85 / $0.85
NanoGPT$0.85 / $1.45
Gemini 2.5 Flash, then Nova 2 Lite, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- NanoGPT · 224% dearer · $0.30 / $2.50 $0.15 / $0.60
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Nova 2 Lite?
- Gemini 2.5 Flash, at $0.42 per million tokens against $0.85 for Nova 2 Lite, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.42 at Kilo Gateway. Nova 2 Lite: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $0.85 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, NanoGPT. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Gemini 2.5 Flash, 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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