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  5. Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingvsGemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Updated Apr 2025

Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingvsGemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) is cheaper than Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking at $0.175/M vs $0.25/M input tokens.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) compared across 12 shared prompts
SpecGemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Input price$0.25/M tokens$0.175/M tokens
Output price$0.5/M tokens$3.5/M tokens
Context window500K tokens1.0M tokens
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedDec 2024Apr 2025
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking costs 7.0x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Input
$0.25
Output
$0.50
7.0× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Input
$0.17
1.4× cheaper
Output
$3.50

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) wins input (1.4× cheaper)·Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking wins output (7.0× cheaper)

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
78%

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking uses 3.3x more headings

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
54%Vocabulary53%
15wSentence Length14w
0.64Hedging0.38
3.8Bold4.4
2.4Lists4.1
0.00Emoji0.00
0.03Headings0.00
0.30Transitions0.24
Based on 13 + 7 text responses
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