Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning): Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) is of higher quality compared to average, with a MMLU score of 0.759 and a Intelligence Index across evaluations of 55.
Price:Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.17 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) Input token price: $0.10, Output token price: $0.40 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) Input token price: $0.10, Output token price: $0.40 per 1M Tokens.
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) is faster compared to average, with a output speed of 637.6 tokens per second.
Latency:Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) has a higher latency compared to average, taking 7.48s to receive the first token (TTFT).
Context Window:Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) has a larger context windows than average, with a context window of 1.0M tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) Model Details
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