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Re:We're expanding our Gemini 2.5 family of models by drift_code on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @02:50PM (#44302498)
They seem just rebrand the non-thinking model to flash-lite, so it’s less expensive than before
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Re:We're expanding our Gemini 2.5 family of models by jjani on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @02:53PM (#44302530)
Not at all. Non-thinking flash is... flash with the thinking budget set to 0 (which you can still run that way, just at 2x input 4x output pricing). Flash-lite is far weaker, unusable for the overwhelming majority of usecases of flash. A quick glance at the benchmark reveals this.
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Re:We're expanding our Gemini 2.5 family of models by rvnx on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @03:03PM (#44302655)
Yeah, so basically their announcement is "good news, we tripled the price, and will deprecate Gemini Flash 2.0 asap"
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Re:We're expanding our Gemini 2.5 family of models by mcintyre1994 on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @02:54PM (#44302547)
The OP says Flash-Lite has thinking and non-thinking, so it’s not that simple.
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