AI Model Profile
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash is a Google Gemini API model described as price-performance oriented for low-latency, high-volume tasks that require reasoning. Access is now restricted to developers who actively used this model in the past; it is unavailable to new users. No shutdown date is announced.
Before you buy
Best for: Candidate for cost-aware Gemini API workflows that still need reasoning and multimodal support.
Price: USD API: US$0.30 input / US$2.50 output per 1M tokens
Included: Gemini 2.5 Flash is a Google Gemini API model described as price-performance oriented for low-latency, high-volume tasks that require reasoning. Access is now restricted to developers who actively used this model in the past; it is unavailable to new users. No shutdown date is announced.
Main limits: Text/image/video input; audio input is US$1 per million. Thinking output is billable where supported; grounding, caching and other tiers are separate.
What Kingy showed: Related coverage: Gemini 2.5 Flash hybrid reasoning: AI That Thinks Before It Speaks. This review does not treat that article as a new test of this exact model, plan or current release.
Buying details checked 2026-10-23 with region and currency stated above. Historical demonstrations and the broader fact ledger keep their own dates.
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- Family
- Gemini 2.5
- Release date
- Unknown
- Status
- Stable
- Context window
- Unknown
- Output limit
- Unknown
- API
- yes
- Open weights
- no
- Local/self-hosted
- no
- Pricing
- Gemini API pricing varies by model and tier; verify official Gemini pricing before budgeting.
- Evidence state
- Recheck due
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Best for
Candidate for cost-aware Gemini API workflows that still need reasoning and multimodal support.
Skip if
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Strengths
Official Google docs position it for price-performance, low latency, high volume, and reasoning.
Weaknesses
This profile does not include independent cost or performance benchmarks.
Agent suitability
Candidate for high-volume agent steps where cost and latency are important.
Kingy AI take
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Kingy AI Product Facts
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Current statusUnknown
- Company
- Not yet reviewed
- Primary job
- Not yet reviewed
- Audience
- Not yet reviewed
- Evidence
- Source-backed; coverage expanding
- Latest source check
- October 23, 2026
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Sources and checks
- Coverage
- 1 of 88 tracked fields currently verified
- Sources
- 1
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Plans and pricing units
Not yet structured in this Kingy record.
Where it runs
- Availability
- Not yet reviewed
Stack and integrations
- Model / provider dependencies
- Not yet reviewed
- Integrations
- Not yet reviewed
Data and regions
- Vendor data-use claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Vendor retention claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Regions
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Launch and latest material update
- Launch
- Not yet reviewed
- Latest material update
- Not yet reviewed
Full Model Notes
Who should consider it
Candidate for cost-aware Gemini API workflows that still need reasoning and multimodal support. Gemini 2.5 Flash is a Google Gemini API model described as price-performance oriented for low-latency, high-volume tasks that require reasoning. Access is now restricted to developers who actively used this model in the past; it is unavailable to new users. No shutdown date is announced.
Plan, price and billing scope
USD API: US$0.30 input / US$2.50 output per 1M tokens. Gemini 2.5 Flash is a Google Gemini API model described as price-performance oriented for low-latency, high-volume tasks that require reasoning. Access is now restricted to developers who actively used this model in the past; it is unavailable to new users. No shutdown date is announced. Prices use the currency and billing term stated here. Where a numeric rate, region or current entitlement could not be verified, it remains explicit; no checkout was completed.
Limits that affect the decision
Text/image/video input; audio input is US$1 per million. Thinking output is billable where supported; grounding, caching and other tiers are separate.
What the existing evidence shows
Related coverage: Gemini 2.5 Flash hybrid reasoning: AI That Thinks Before It Speaks. This review does not treat that article as a new test of this exact model, plan or current release. Product coverage; original publication date and evidence scope retained. Read the related article.
Sources and buying-review date
Buying review completed October 23, 2026. This is a source-based buying assessment. No paid product test, new generation, checkout or performance benchmark was performed. Vendor descriptions and historical examples remain distinct from independently measured results. The date does not renew the broader canonical fact ledger.
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Earlier profile, sources and dates
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Gemini 2.5 Flash is a Google Gemini API model described as price-performance oriented for low-latency, high-volume tasks that require reasoning.
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Coding notes
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Reasoning notes
Official docs describe it for tasks that require reasoning.
Creative notes
Candidate for multimodal Gemini workflows.
Research notes
Useful to evaluate for extraction, summary, and high-volume analysis tasks.
License notes
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