Don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

Re:Don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash by tylertreat on Friday July 10, 2026 @05:45PM (#48865723)

I am more concerned about the cost step up from Gemini 2.5 Flash to 3.5 Flash, with the latter being roughly 3x more expensive. I thought the intention of the Flash models was to be relatively low-latency and more affordable compared to Pro, but the newer Flash models aren’t being priced as such. Then again, the era of cheap and plentiful AI might be coming to an end…

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Re:Don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash by svachalek on Friday July 10, 2026 @06:01PM (#48865870)

Yeah IIRC the latest Pro is $12 and Flash is $9 which is not the usual 2X-3X multiplier we see separate model grades. It also puts Flash now about 2X GLM 5.2, which is a highly capable open weight model.

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Re:Don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash by captainbland on Friday July 10, 2026 @06:24PM (#48866078)

I think the thing is that 3.5 flash is actually similarly capable on a lot of tasks that matter and is faster. Pro is more specialised in the direction of mathematical reasoning and stuff.

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Re:Don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Saturday July 11, 2026 @12:14AM (#48868673)

I use flash 3.5 a lot. Its significantly worse than gpt 5.5.

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