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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 vs Gemma 2 27B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

Gemma 2 27B wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Speed
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Gemma 2 27BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.10$0.65 Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.40$0.65 Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Cache Read (per 1M)$10000.00N/A Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Cache Write (per 1M)$83300.00N/A Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 is 73% cheaper overall.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 Providers

Google AI Studio $0.10 (Cheapest)
Google $0.10 (Cheapest)

Gemma 2 27B Providers

NextBit $0.65 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 Wins
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Gemma 2 27B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Gemma 2 27BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
19.436.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
14.5--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
46.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
79.638.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
65.116.7
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
64.1--
Aider
Real-world code editing
-36.1-
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-49.3-
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,535 tokens
Gemma 2 27B
8,192
tokens
Max output: 2,048 tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 has a 99% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Gemma 2 27BWinner
Tokens/second368.2 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.23sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Gemma 2 27B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Gemma 2 27B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorGoogleGoogle
ReleasedSep 2025Jul 2024

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

Gemma 2 27B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 has cheaper output pricing at $0.40/M tokens.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 14.5, compared to Gemma 2 27B's score of N/A.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 has a 1,048,576 token context window, while Gemma 2 27B has a 8,192 token context window.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 supports vision. Gemma 2 27B does not support vision.