Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash leads with 18.1% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 2.5 Flash offers 57.3K more tokens in context window than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is $2.43 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was developed as an ultra-compact variant of Gemini 1.5 Flash, designed to deliver multimodal capabilities with minimal resource requirements. Built for deployment scenarios where efficiency is critical, it provides a lightweight option for applications requiring fast, cost-effective AI processing.
Gemini 2.5 Flash represents a continued evolution of Google's efficient multimodal models, designed to deliver enhanced capabilities while maintaining the performance characteristics valued in the Flash series. Built to serve high-throughput applications with improved quality, it advances the balance between speed and intelligence.
1 year newer

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
2024-03-15

Gemini 2.5 Flash
2025-05-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 2.5 Flash
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
2024-10-01
Gemini 2.5 Flash
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 2.5 Flash
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