Migrating from gemini-2.0-flash to gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25
What changes when you move from gemini-2.0-flash to gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25: prices, limits, features and parameters, read from each company's own pages.
- From
- gemini-2.0-flash
- Status
- Retired
- Shutdown
- Jun 1, 2026 at the earliest
- Time left
- —
- Status
- Retired
- Shutdown
- Feb 17, 2026 at the earliest
- Time left
- —
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25 is itself retired. Its replacement is gemini-3.6-flash.
Prices
USD per 1M tokens, standard tierNeither model has published per-token prices.
Limits
Tokens| Limit | gemini-2.0-flash | gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | Not published | — |
| Max output tokens | 8,192 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | Not published | — |
Features and parameters
Compare modelsNo feature is published for both models, so none can be compared.
Not published for gemini-2.0-flash: PDF input, Fine-tuning, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs.
Not published for gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25: Structured outputs, Function calling, Prompt caching, Batch API, Image input, PDF input, Reasoning / thinking, Fine-tuning, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs, Context window, Max output tokens.
Aliases
All aliasesNo aliases point at either model.
On cloud platforms
All platform dates| Model | Platform | Platform ID | Shutdown | Time left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.0-flash | Google Cloud Vertex AI | gemini-2.0-flash | Jun 1, 2026Retired on June 1, 2026 |
Read daily from each platform's own pages. The status above uses each company's own date. Time left counts to 00:00 UTC on the shutdown date, which is the evening before in ET.
Checklist
- Change the model string from
gemini-2.0-flashtogemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25.
Compared from AIWire's published data when this page loaded. Each fact links to the page it came from. Model pages: gemini-2.0-flash, gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25.