Best Gemini 2.5 Flash Alternatives
Gemini 2.5 Flash by Google is a budget model priced at $0.15/0.6 per 1M tokens (in/out). It's already affordable, but you might want different strengths or features.
Gemini 2.5 Flash
GoogleBudgetInput
$0.15/1M
Output
$0.6/1M
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Why Switch from Gemini 2.5 Flash?
Top Alternatives
Comparable performance.
Input
$0.5/1M
233% more
Output
$3/1M
400% more
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Higher benchmark scores.
Input
$0.4/1M
167% more
Output
$1.6/1M
167% more
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
44% cheaper, comparable performance, open-source and self-hostable.
Input
$0.14/1M
7% cheaper
Output
$0.28/1M
53% cheaper
Context
164K
Max Output
16K
Same category, different trade-offs.
Input
$0.15/1M
Same price
Output
$0.6/1M
Same price
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Same category, different trade-offs.
Input
$0.8/1M
433% more
Output
$4/1M
567% more
Context
200K
Max Output
8K
Higher benchmark scores.
Input
$1.1/1M
633% more
Output
$4.4/1M
633% more
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Higher benchmark scores.
Input
$2/1M
1233% more
Output
$5/1M
733% more
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Higher benchmark scores, open-source and self-hostable.
Input
$0.31/1M
107% more
Output
$0.85/1M
42% more
Context
1M
Max Output
32K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogle | $0.50233% more | $3.00400% more | 1M | 78%+2.0% | 90%+0.5% | 80 |
| o3OpenAI | $0.40167% more | $1.60167% more | 200K | 87%+11.0% | 94.5%+5.0% | 75 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.147% cheaper | $0.2853% cheaper | 164K | 78%+2.0% | 89%-0.5% | 73 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.15Same price | $0.60Same price | 128K | 68%-8.0% | 87.2%-2.3% | 69 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.80433% more | $4.00567% more | 200K | 69.4%-6.6% | 88.1%-1.4% | 67 |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.10633% more | $4.40633% more | 200K | 85%+9.0% | 93.5%+4.0% | 65 |
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $2.001233% more | $5.00733% more | 128K | 83%+7.0% | 91%+1.5% | 65 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.31107% more | $0.8542% more | 1M | 80.5%+4.5% | 90.2%+0.7% | 63 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.30100% more | $1.20100% more | 200K | 82%+6.0% | 90%+0.5% | 63 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.60300% more | $2.20267% more | 200K | 84.3%+8.3% | — | 59 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.00567% more | $3.20433% more | 200K | 70.4%-5.6% | 91%+1.5% | 58 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1820% more | $0.635% more | 10M | 74.2%-1.8% | 86%-3.5% | 56 |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $5.003233% more | $25.004067% more | 200K | 89.5%+13.5% | 95%+5.5% | 55 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.001900% more | $15.002400% more | 200K | 86%+10.0% | 94%+4.5% | 55 |
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.001233% more | $16.002567% more | 200K | 90%+14.0% | 96.5%+7.0% | 55 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.751067% more | $14.002233% more | 200K | 89%+13.0% | 95.5%+6.0% | 55 |
| Mistral Medium 3Mistral | $0.40167% more | $2.00233% more | 128K | 76%Same | 87%-2.5% | 52 |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $1.25733% more | $10.001567% more | 128K | 88.5%+12.5% | 95%+5.5% | 50 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.001233% more | $12.001900% more | 1M | 91%+15.0% | 95%+5.5% | 50 |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $2.001233% more | $12.001900% more | 1M | 89.8%+13.8% | 94%+4.5% | 50 |
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $1.25733% more | $10.001567% more | 1M | 87.5%+11.5% | 93.5%+4.0% | 50 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.001900% more | $15.002400% more | 128K | 86%+10.0% | 93%+3.5% | 50 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.001900% more | $15.002400% more | 200K | 84.5%+8.5% | 93%+3.5% | 48 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.55267% more | $2.19265% more | 128K | 84%+8.0% | 92%+2.5% | 46 |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $2.501567% more | $10.001567% more | 128K | 80.5%+4.5% | 91%+1.5% | 38 |