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Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
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Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash is Google's state-of-the-art workhorse model, specifically designed for advanced reasoning, coding, mathematics, and scientific tasks.
Models
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is a lightweight reasoning model in the Gemini 2.5 family, optimized for ultra-low latency and cost efficiency.
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| Measure | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.300 per million tokens | $0.100 per million tokens |
| Output price | $2.50 per million tokens | $0.400 per million tokens |
| Price on google-ai-studio | $0.015 per million cached input tokens | $0.0050 per million cached input tokens |
| Price on google-ai-studio | $0.150 per million input tokens | $0.050 per million input tokens |
| Price on google-ai-studio | $1.25 per million output tokens | $0.200 per million output tokens |
| Latest version | google/gemini-2.5-flash | google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite |
| Time to first token (ms) | 21,370 | 310 |
| Time to first token (ms) on google-ai-studio | 950 | 681 |
| Output speed (tokens a second) | 211.3 | 284.2 |
| Output speed (tokens a second) on google-ai-studio | 75 | 189 |
| Tokens served on OpenRouter in a day | 40.4B (for 10 Nov 2026) | 49.5B (for 10 Nov 2026) |
| Tool calls on OpenRouter in a day | 374.2K (for 10 Nov 2026) | 150.8K (for 10 Nov 2026) |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 15.5 | 10.4 |
| LMArena text rating (Elo) | 1,417 | Not checked yet |
| LMArena vision rating (Elo) | 1,235 | Not checked yet |
| Design Arena rating (Elo) | 1,132 | Not checked yet |
| Terminal bench | 17.1% (for 17 June 2025) | Not checked yet |
| Balrog | 33.5% (for 17 June 2025) | Not checked yet |
| Dtbench | 76.5% (for 17 June 2025) | Not checked yet |
| Frontiermath 2025 02 28 private | 4.8% (for 17 June 2025) | Not checked yet |
| Frontiermath tier 4 2025 07 01 private | 4.2% (for 17 June 2025) | Not checked yet |
| Lmca | 27.5% (for 17 June 2025) | Not checked yet |
| Simplebench | 41.2% (for 17 June 2025) | Not checked yet |
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