Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Claude Sonnet 4 cheaper?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper on output tokens ($0.40 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Claude Sonnet 4?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Claude Sonnet 4

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper on output tokens, while Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite offers a larger context window. Choose Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Claude Sonnet 4 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Claude Sonnet 4
Provider	Vertex	Vertex
Input / 1M tokens	$0.10	$3.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.40	$15.00
Context window	1M	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Jun 2025	May 2025

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite details →Claude Sonnet 4 details →

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