Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite offers 57.3K more tokens in context window than Gemini 2.0 Flash. Both models have similar pricing. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Gemini 2.0 Flash was developed as the next generation of Google's fast multimodal model, designed to provide improved performance while maintaining the speed and efficiency that defines the Flash family. Built with enhanced reasoning and generation capabilities, it serves applications requiring both quality and responsiveness.
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.
6 months newer

Gemini 2.0 Flash
2024-12-01

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

Gemini 2.0 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Gemini 2.0 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.0 Flash
2024-08-01
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
2025-01-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemini 2.0 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.0 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.0 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite