Google

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

The lowest-cost earlier-generation Flash model with a 1M-token context window, now shut down in favour of the Gemini 3 line.

Retired: shut down 2026-06-01, replaced by Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteReleased February 25, 2025Knowledge cutoff August 1, 2024
Tool callingCan invoke external tools and APIs (function calling) mid-response.Structured outputCan return JSON or schema-constrained responses instead of free text.ReasoningUses extended thinking / chain-of-thought for harder multi-step problems.Effort controlLets you dial thinking depth (low / medium / high) to trade cost for quality.Fine-tuningSupports training a custom variant on your own data (vendor fine-tune API or self-hosted open weights).

Source: Gemini API models, Gemini API pricing, Gemini deprecations (shutdown dates), Context caching (minimums, implicit vs explicit), Metadata verification

Price per 1M tokens
$0.075 in / $0.3 out
Context window1,048,576
Max output8,192
Min cache prefix4,096 tokens
Cache lifetime1 hr
Batch discount-50%
ModalitiesText, Image → Text

Pricing

Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.

Billing legRateBatch
Input$0.075 / M$0.0375 / M
Output$0.3 / M$0.15 / M

Cost calculator

Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.

Estimated monthly cost
$21.00
at current list prices
Fresh input$15.00
Output$6.00
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Provider

Where this model runs, and what it charges.

PlatformInput / MOutput / MBatchAccess
Google
$0.075$0.3✓First-party API

Price history

Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?

EffectiveInput / OutputStatus
April 20, 2026 – July 10, 2026$0.075 / $0.3past
July 10, 2026$0.075 / $0.3current

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$0.75 / $3.75 in / out per 1M
Gemini 3.5 Flash
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$1.5 / $9 in / out per 1M
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
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$0.3 / $2.5 in / out per 1M
Gemini 3.1 Pro
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$2 / $12 in / out per 1M
Gemini 3 Pro
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$2 / $12 in / out per 1M

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