Gemini 2 Flash — Google | Modeldex

Gemini 2 Flash

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Low-latency, low-cost multimodal model with 1M context.

Updated 4 days agoStructured data from Modeldex catalog

VisionAgenticLong contextBudget

Not enough benchmark coverage yet for an Intelligence Index — needs at least 3 results across 2 categories.

Overview

Gemini 2 Flash is Google's fast and affordable model for high-throughput multimodal workloads.

History

Gemini 2 Flash was released on 2025-02-05.

Training & availability

Google has not released the underlying model weights — access is via their hosted API only.

Capabilities

Context window: 1.0M tokens.
Max output: 8K tokens.
Input modalities: text, image, audio, video.

Recommended for: vision, agentic, long-context, cheap.

Pricing

Input: $0.1000 per 1M tokens
Output: $0.4000 per 1M tokens

Use the cost calculator above to estimate monthly spend for your workload.

Quick start

Minimal example using the google API. Copy, paste, replace the key.

from google import genai

client = genai.Client(api_key="...")
resp = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-2.flash",
    contents="Explain quantum computing in one sentence.",
)
print(resp.text)

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill. Presets are typical workload sizes.

Input tokens / month5.0M

@ $0.1/1M

Output tokens / month2.0M

@ $0.4/1M

Input cost

$0.5

5.0M × $0.1/1M

Output cost

$0.8

2.0M × $0.4/1M

Total / month

$1.3

$15.6 / year

Integrations & tooling support

Tool calling: Supported
Structured outputs: Supported

Price vs quality

Budget pricing

Priced low — good for high-volume tasks. Quality tier pending more benchmark coverage.