Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25)
Sep 2025
Retired 2026-03-31Replace withGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNewer version
GPT-6 LunaBetter
MiMo v2.6 ProOpen weights
Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteNewer versionGPT-6 LunaBetterMiMo v2.6 ProOpen weightsGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25)Compare inon
Benchmarks of Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25)14
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Overall1
Knowledge4
Science2
Coding1
Multimodal1
Documents1
Legacy · saturated or no longer reported4
No benchmark matches
—per task?
not available via APIprice
—output speed?
1Mcontext
Rankingin non-thinking mode?
Retired models are left out of the current rankings.
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
BetterGPT-6 Lunalow×2.3—$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3OpenMiMo v2.6 Prothinking×5—$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3BetterGPT-5.6 Lunalow×2.3—$0.01BetterMiMo v2.5thinkingOpen×2.3—$0.019
BetterClaude Haiku 5.5low×3.2—$0.024Remove sampling parameters+5ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GPT-6 Lunalow×2.3—$0.005Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunalow×2.3—$0.01MiMo v2.5thinkingOpen×2.3—$0.019Claude Haiku 5.5low×3.2—$0.024Remove sampling parameters+5GPT-5 Minihigh+80%—$0.053Context: 1M → 400KModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen×5—$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017maxOpen×4.8—$0.26Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4
GLM 5.3maxOpen×4.8—$2.01No image input+4
Step 5 PreviewthinkingOpen×4.7—$1.03web_search not available · Chat Completions+2
Kimi K3maxOpen×4.7—$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Gemini 4 Argonhigh×5.6—*$1.99Synchronous output stops at 65,536+2Gemini 3.8 Flashmedium×4.3—*$0.93Sampling parameters are ignored+1Gemini 3.6 Flashhigh×3.6—*$1.60Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewthinking×3.2—$1.30Cannot use both thinking controlsGemini 3.5 Flash Litehigh×2.4—$0.19Gemini 3 Flash Previewnon-thinking+92%—$0.50 / $3Gemma 4 26B A4BthinkingOpen+79%—$0.15 / $0.60Context: 1M → 256KGemini 2.5 Prothinking+72%—$0.33All Google models →Benchmarks
all categoriesChat & Knowledge
AA Omniscience Index-42.6
GPQA Diamond65.1
Coding
Agents & Tool Use
τ²-bench · AA30.4
Writing & Language
Vision & Documents
FAQ
How much does Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: not available via API.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) free to use?›
There is no free API.
What is the context window of Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25)?›
1M tokens.
When was Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-09-25. It has been superseded by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) open source?›
No, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is MiMo v2.6 Pro.
Can Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files, audio, video as input.
What is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25)?›
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) is a closed language model from Google, released Sep 2025, the successor to Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite.
What are the best alternatives to Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25)?›
GPT-6 Luna (better), MiMo v2.6 Pro (open weights).