Gemini 2.5 Flash: Google’s Fastest Lightweight AI Yet

A new iteration of Google’s Gemini paradigm, Gemini 2.5 Flash expands on the success of the Gemini 2.0 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash is a “thinking model” in terms of reasoning ability. This implies that it is capable of “thinking” before responding

One of Gemini 2.5 Flash’s primary features is its completely hybrid reasoning capability, which allows developers to toggle thinking on and off

Gemini 2.5 Flash lets developers define a thinking budget. This functionality lets developers balance latency, cost, and quality by controlling the model's maximum token production while thinking

The model with the best  price-to-performance ratio is still the Gemini 2.5 Flash

Developers can improve performance over 2.0 Flash while keeping costs and latency as low as possible by setting the thinking budget to 0

Gemini 2.5 Flash with thinking features is available in preview through the Gemini API in Vertex AI and Google AI Studio and a dropdown option in the Gemini app