Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (1M)

Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (1M) is Google's best model for price and performance as of May 2025. It features hybrid reasoning capabilities and supports multimodal inputs. It was released in 2025-05 and has a context window of 1M tokens. Its key features include: Hybrid reasoning with configurable thinking budget, Multimodal (text, code, image, audio, video), 1M token context window (1,048,576 input, 65,535 output), Cost-efficient with strong performance, Grounding with Google Search, Code execution, Function calling. It is designed for use cases such as: Versatile tasks balancing cost and performance, Multimodal applications, Complex reasoning with thinking mode, High-volume, low-latency tasks with thinking off.

Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (1M) is well-suited for tasks like: Versatile tasks balancing cost and performance, Multimodal applications, Complex reasoning with thinking mode, High-volume, low-latency tasks with thinking off.

The context window for Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (1M) is 1M tokens, with 1,048,576 input tokens and 65,535 output tokens.

Google Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens. For thinking mode output, it costs $3.50 per million tokens. Audio input costs $1.00 per million tokens.

Hybrid reasoning in Gemini 2.5 Flash allows you to configure a thinking budget - you can enable or disable the thinking mode depending on your needs. With thinking mode on, it provides more detailed reasoning but costs more. With thinking mode off, it's faster and more cost-effective for simpler tasks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash supports multimodal inputs including text, code, images, audio, and video. This makes it versatile for applications requiring understanding of different media types, from document analysis to video content understanding.

Gemini 2.5 Flash is positioned as Google's best model for price and performance, being more cost-effective than 2.5 Pro while still offering strong capabilities. Flash is better for high-volume applications and when cost efficiency is important, while Pro is better for the most complex reasoning tasks.

Yes, Gemini 2.5 Flash features both code execution capabilities and grounding with Google Search, allowing it to run code and access up-to-date information from the web.

Gemini 2.5 Flash has dedicated audio input pricing ($1.00 per million tokens), indicating specialized audio processing capabilities as part of its multimodal features.

Information on accessing Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (1M) can typically be found on the provider's website: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/models/gemini/2-5-flash

The training data cutoff for Google Gemini 2.5 Flash is January 2025.