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API ID gemini-2.5-flash-image
gemini-2.5-flash-image is a Google model, released October 2025. It has a 65,536-token context window and up to 32,768 output tokens. It takes image input. Standard price: $0.30 input per 1M tokens.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview Image
- Status
- Deprecated
- Released
- October 2025
- Shutdown
- Mar 15, 2027 at the earliest
It is deprecated; the earliest possible shutdown date is March 15, 2027. It may run longer. Recommended replacement: gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image.
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Features
Compare models| Feature | Value | Since | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Structured outputsThe model can be held to a JSON schema you supply, so every reply parses without retries or cleanup. | Not supported | in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) | source |
| Function callingAlso called tool use. You describe functions; the model replies with a function name and arguments for your code to run, then uses the result. | Not supported | in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) | source |
| Prompt cachingA prompt prefix you send again and again (system prompt, documents, tools) is cached, so later requests cost less and start faster. | Not supported | in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) | source |
| Batch APISend many requests as one job that runs in the background, usually finished within 24 hours, at a lower price than live requests. | Supported | in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) | source |
| Image inputImages such as screenshots, photos and charts can go in the prompt for the model to read. | Supported | in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) | source |
| Reasoning / thinkingThe model can work through a problem step by step before it answers: usually better answers to hard questions, at the cost of more tokens and time. | Not supported | in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) | source |
| Built-in web searchThe company's API can search the web for the model during a request and cite its sources; you don't need a search service of your own. | Not supported | in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) | source |
| Context windowThe most the model can work with in one request, in tokens: your prompt, conversation history and files. A token is about three-quarters of an English word. | 65,536 tokens | in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) | source |
| Max output tokensThe longest reply the model can write in one response, in tokens. A token is about three-quarters of an English word. | 32,768 tokens | in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) | source |
Not published by Google: PDF input, Fine-tuning, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs.
Price history
USD per 1M tokens, standard tierWe started recording this model's prices on Oct 1, 2026. The history grows with each daily check.
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| From | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Input | $0.30 |
Prices
USD per 1M tokens, every type and band, by tier| Type | Modality | Price $/1M | In effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | |||
| input | text/image | $0.30 | |
| Batch | |||
| input | text/image | $0.15 | |
| Flex | |||
| input | text/image | $0.15 | |
| Priority | |||
| input | text/image | $0.54 | |
Changelog
Changes we detected on Google's pages- Shutdown date changed
Google moved the shutdown date for gemini-2.5-flash-image from no earlier than Oct 2, 2026 to no earlier than Mar 15, 2027
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