Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Preview (02-05)

API ID gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05

gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 was a preview Google model.

Status: Retired
Released: —
Shutdown: Dec 9, 2025 at the earliest
Replacement: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Litegemini-2.5-flash-lite

It was scheduled to shut down no earlier than December 9, 2025, which has passed. Check the provider's page before relying on it. Recommended replacement: gemini-2.5-flash-lite.

How to migrate to Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Benchmarks

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Arena

Arena	Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Preview (02-05)	Rank	Date	Source
Text By category Math 1327 rank 226 Creative writing 1344 rank 185 Instruction following 1331 rank 225 Hard prompts 1348 rank 237 Long prompts 1348 rank 221 Multi-turn 1327 rank 236 Expert 1332 rank 232	1354 ±4	212 of 415 24,955 votes	Oct 13, 2026	source
Text: Coding	1342 ±10	279 of 410 3,474 votes	Oct 13, 2026	source
Vision	1136 ±10	124 of 165 3,991 votes	Oct 9, 2026	source

Rated as gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05. Ratings come from people voting between two anonymous answers; Text and Vision are style-controlled, as on arena.ai. Data: Arena (arena.ai), CC BY 4.0.

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Last checked Oct 15, 2026, 8:15 am ET · Sources: Google deprecations, Google pricing, Google models, Google aliases, Google api models