Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite from Google is an exceptionally affordable multimodal model with a massive 1M token context window and broad modality support including audio and video, though its reasoning and coding benchmarks sit at the lower end of the market.
Assessment date: March 12, 2026
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Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite offers a significantly faster time to first token (TTFT) compared to Gemini Flash 1.5, while maintaining quality on par with larger models like Gemini Pro 1.5, all at extremely economical token prices.
Capabilities
Architecture
| Modality | Text + Image + File + Audio + Video → Text |
| Tokenizer | Gemini |
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
Evaluations
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
Model Information
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.08 | $0.000075 |
| Output | $0.30 | $0.000300 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
Leaderboard Categories
External Resources
Data sourced from OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: March 13, 2026 7:52 pm