How much does Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite cost?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens on standard pricing; other tiers (Standard, Batch) are also available. A workload of 20M input and 5M output tokens a month is about $4.00.

What is the context length of Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts up to 1,048,576 tokens (1M) of input and can return up to 65,535 tokens in one response.

Does Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite support tool calling and structured outputs?

Yes, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite supports function/tool calling and structured (JSON) outputs. Supported tools: Function calling, Structured outputs, JSON mode, Reasoning, Deterministic seed, Prompt caching.

What inputs and outputs does Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite support?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts Text, Image, PDF, Audio, Video as input and produces Text as output.

Which providers serve Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is available from 5 API providers: Google, Google, Google AI Studio, Google AI Studio, Google AI Studio. Prices can differ by provider.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

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API Provider site

Google's smallest and most cost-effective 2.5 model, built for at-scale usage. Built by Google.

Prices updated recently

Input price

$0.10

per 1M tokens · Standard

Output price

$0.40

per 1M tokens · Standard

Input limit

tokens

Output limit

66K

tokens

Input formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF

Output formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite price history

2 price records since 9/25/2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite cost calculator

Input20M tokens

Output5M tokens

$4.00/month

Standard pricing

Overview

What is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is a text & reasoning and vision model from Google. Google's smallest and most cost-effective 2.5 model, built for at-scale usage. Its 1M context window and $0.10 input price make it a candidate for cost-sensitive, high-throughput applications.

Image understandingDocument analysisContent workflowsClassification

Benchmarks

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite benchmarks & speed

How Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores on standardized evaluations, and where it lands among every model we track.

6.7

Intelligence Index

Better than 7% of 153 models

268tok/s

Output speed

Better than 96% of 119 models

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond

47.4%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning · top 89%

HLE

3.7%

Humanity's Last Exam · top 93%

Latency & design

Time to first token: 0.31s

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis and DesignArena · updated 10/5/2026. Higher is better; ranks compare against every model we track with that score.

Rates

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite pricing

Pricing is based on token usage. Provider-specific caching, batch, regional, and tool charges may affect the final cost.

Input · Standard

$0.10

Per 1M tokens

Cached input · Standard

$0.01

Per 1M tokens

Capabilities

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Tools

Tools available when using Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite through supported provider APIs.

Function calling

Supported

Structured outputs

Supported

JSON mode

Supported

Reasoning

Supported

Built-in web search

Not supported

Log probabilities

Not supported

Deterministic seed

Supported

Parallel tool calls

Not supported

Prompt caching

Supported

Where to run it

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite API providers

5 providers serve Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite. Prices are per 1M tokens; uptime is the last 24 hours.

Provider	Input	Output	Cached	Context	Uptime
Google	$0.10	$0.40	$0.01	1M	99.96%
Google	$0.10	$0.40	$0.01	1M	99.26%
Google AI Studio	$0.05	$0.20	$0.0050	1M	99.99%
Google AI Studio	$0.10	$0.40	$0.01	1M	99.96%
Google AI Studio	$0.18	$0.72	$0.02	1M	99.95%

Google

Input: $0.10
Output: $0.40
Cached: $0.01
Context: 1M
Uptime: 99.96%

Google

Input: $0.10
Output: $0.40
Cached: $0.01
Context: 1M
Uptime: 99.26%

Google AI Studio

Input: $0.05
Output: $0.20
Cached: $0.0050
Context: 1M
Uptime: 99.99%

Google AI Studio

Input: $0.10
Output: $0.40
Cached: $0.01
Context: 1M
Uptime: 99.96%

Google AI Studio

Input: $0.18
Output: $0.72
Cached: $0.02
Context: 1M
Uptime: 99.95%

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

Low input cost at $0.10 per million tokens suits high-volume workloads.
1M context supports large documents, repositories and extended conversations.
Supports text & reasoning and vision workloads in one model.

Limitations

Generated tokens cost 4× more than input tokens, which matters for verbose responses.
Large context capacity does not guarantee consistent retrieval across the entire prompt.
Arena Elo and MMLU-Pro are directional; test accuracy, latency and reliability on your own workload before committing.

Arena Elo, MMLU-Pro and pricing figures are illustrative; validate current vendor terms before purchase.

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Frequently asked questions about Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is a text & reasoning and vision model from Google. Google's smallest and most cost-effective 2.5 model, built for at-scale usage.