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Google: 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. It offers improved throughput, faster token generation, and better performance...

Tool useVisionAudioReasoning

Why it stands out

Offers a 1049K-token context window, enabling full-document and multi-file analysis without chunking.
Combines tool use with reasoning — a strong baseline for agentic and multi-step workflows.
Multimodal input (vision and audio) extends it beyond text-only workflows.
$0.1/M input makes it practical for always-on agents, batch processing, or high-volume classification.

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Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite entered the tracked catalog

July 22, 2025

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is a lightweight reasoning model in the Gemini 2.5 family, optimized for ultra-low latency and cost efficiency. It offers improved throughput, faster token generation, and better performance across common benchmarks compared to earlier Flash models. By default, "thinking" (i.e. multi-pass reasoning) is disabled to prioritize speed, but developers can enable it via the [Reasoning API parameter](https://openrouter.ai/docs/use-cases/reasoning-tokens) to selectively trade off cost for intelligence.

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