gemini-2.5-flash-lite

Succeeded by gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview

Context

1.0M

Max output

66K

Input price

$0.1/1M tokens

Output price

$0.4/1M tokens

Capabilities

vision

tool call

structured output

reasoning

json mode

streaming

fine tuning

batch

Details

ProviderGoogle Vertex AI

CreatorGoogle AI

Familygemini-2.5

Statusactive

Input modalitiestext, image, video, audio

Output modalitiestext, image, audio

Knowledge cutoff2025-01

Release date—

Deprecation date2026-07-22

Type—

Reasoning tokens—

Max input—

Successorgemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview

Sourceofficial

Last updated2026-03-22

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling

Call external functions and APIs

Endpoints

Generate ContentPOST

Generate text from multimodal inputhttps://us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent

Stream ContentPOST

Stream text generation responseshttps://us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/{model}:streamGenerateContent

Pricing

Text tokensPer 1M tokens

	Input	Cached input	Output
Standard	$0.1	—	$0.4
Priority	$0.18	—	$0.72
Flex	$0.05	—	$0.2

Family Comparison: gemini-2.5

Model	Perf	Speed	Context	Max out	Input	Output
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025RVTS	—	—	128K	64K	—	—
gemini-2.5-flash-liteRVTS	—	—	1.0M	66K	$0.1	$0.4
gemini-2.5-flash-image-previewVS	—	—	—	—	$0.3	$2.5
gemini-2.5-flash-imageRVTS	—	—	66K	33K	$0.3	$2.5
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025RVTS	—	—	1.0M	66K	$0.3	$2.5
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025RVTS	—	—	131K	8K	$0.3	$2.5
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20VS	—	—	—	—	$0.3	$2.5
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025RVTS	—	—	1.0M	66K	$0.3	$2.5
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25VS	—	—	—	—	$0.3	$2.5
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-ttsRVTS	—	—	8K	16K	$0.3	$2.5
gemini-2.5-flashRVTS	—	—	1.0M	66K	$0.3	$2.5
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25VS	—	—	—	—	$1.25	$10
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06VS	—	—	—	—	$1.25	$10
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05VS	—	—	—	—	$1.25	$10
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-ttsRVTS	—	—	8K	16K	$1.25	$10
gemini-2.5-proRVTS	—	—	1.0M	66K	$1.25	$10

API

GET/v1/models/vertex/gemini-2.5-flash-lite

gemini-2.5-flash-lite

Changes · 4 entries

gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdate7a4f1f6Mar 22, 2026, 05:43 AM

modalitiesoutput["text","image"]→["text","image","audio"]

pricinginput$0.1output$0.4batch input$0.05batch output$0.2tiers[{"label":"Text tokens","unit":"Per 1M tokens","columns":...

gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdateb50649fMar 21, 2026, 11:58 PM

successorgemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview

tools["function_calling"]

endpoints["generateContent","streamGenerateContent"]

gemini-2.5-flash-liteupdatec9a70c5Mar 21, 2026, 08:12 AM

deprecation_dateJuly 22, 2026→2026-07-22

knowledge_cutoffJanuary 2025→2025-01

gemini-2.5-flash-litecreate7f5c66fMar 21, 2026, 05:16 AM