Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads with 18.6% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite offers 57.3K more tokens in context window than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B. Both models have similar pricing. Overall, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 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 Lite was created as the most efficient option in the Gemini 2.5 family, designed to provide cutting-edge capabilities with minimal computational overhead. Built for applications where cost and latency are primary concerns, it extends advanced multimodal understanding to resource-conscious deployments.
1 year newer

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
2024-03-15

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
2025-06-17
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

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

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite