How much does Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite cost per token?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite is priced at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.2 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Aug 12, 2026.

What is Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite's context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per Google.

How widely used is Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite accounts for about 0.9% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Aug 20, 2026.

What are the alternatives to Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?

By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Claude Sonnet 4.6, Gemini 3 Flash Preview, and Claude Opus 4.7. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

ModelsGoogle

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

Name: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Author: Google

openrouter

Context

tokens

Released

Jul 22, 2025

on OpenRouter

Usage rank

#10

of 28 tracked models

Token share

0.9%

OpenRouter · Aug 20, 2026

Pricing

Price per million tokens

Input $/MTok

$0.0550%

OpenRouter · Aug 12, 2026

Output $/MTok

$0.250%

OpenRouter · Aug 12, 2026

Cache read $/MTok

$0.01

OpenRouter

Current Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite prices per million tokens across tracked sources.
Source	Tracked slug	In $/MTok	Out $/MTok	Cache read	Cache write	Context	Effective	Last Δ (in)
OpenRouter	google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite:batch	$0.05	$0.2	$0.01	—	1M	Aug 12, 2026	50%
models.dev	ofox/google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite	$0.1	$0.4	$0.025	$1.00	1M	Aug 12, 2026	0%
llm-prices.com	gemini-2.5-flash-lite	$0.1	$0.4	$0.01	—	—	Aug 11, 2026	—

latest tracked price per source · Δ = most recent input-price move within that source

3 sources tracking

Input $/MTok

Output $/MTok

per-source step lines · $/MTok

history since Jan 1, 2023

Specs

Context & availability

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite specifications.
Provider	Google
Context window	1M tokens
Listed on OpenRouter	Jul 22, 2025
Tracked price sources	llm-prices.com · OpenRouter · models.dev
OpenRouter slugs	google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite

source: OpenRouter model catalog + tracked price feeds

id: gemini-2-5-flash-lite

Usage

Share of OpenRouter tokens

90-day · to Aug 20, 2026

source: OpenRouter model rankings · share of tracked coding-token volume

0.9% on Aug 20, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
no benchmark results attributed to Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite yet

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar models

Alternatives to Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Model	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
19	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	121.1B	64.9%	vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
18	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	123B	41.7%	vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
24	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	93.7B	25.6%	vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
15	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	184.2B	76.8%	vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

FAQ

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite FAQ

How much does Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite cost per token?: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite is priced at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.2 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Aug 12, 2026.
What is Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite's context window?: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per Google.
How widely used is Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite accounts for about 0.9% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Aug 20, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?: By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include Claude Sonnet 4.6, Gemini 3 Flash Preview, and Claude Opus 4.7. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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