Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025
Google · text, image, audio, video → text
gemini-2.5-flash-lite latest preview version
Input$0.10 /M
Output$0.40 /M
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Kimi K3
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 vs Kimi K3
Output tokens cost $0.40 per million on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 and $15.00 per million on Kimi K3. Input tokens cost $0.10 per million on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 and $3.00 per million on Kimi K3. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.01 per million on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 and $0.30 per million on Kimi K3. Context lengths are 1,048,576 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.3s on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 and 0.9s on Kimi K3. Measured output throughput is 147.7 tok/s on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 and 73.1 tok/s on Kimi K3. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 scores 1424 and Kimi K3 scores 1531.
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Kimi K3
Moonshot AI · text, image, video → text
Kimi K3 is Kimi’s flagship model for long-horizon coding and end-to-end knowledge work, with a 1M-token context window and industry-leading intelligence.
Input$3.00 /M
Output$15.00 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.10
$3.00
Output /M
$0.40
$15.00
Cache read /M
$0.01
$0.30
Context length
1,048,576
1,048,576
Max output
65,536
1,048,576
Time to First Token
0.3 s
0.9 s
Throughput
147.7 tok/s
73.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.
Activity Past 30 Days
Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.
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Tokens / day
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Requests / day
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Performance Past 3 Days
Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.
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Throughput (tok/s)
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TTFT (s)
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Uptime (%)
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LMArena Benchmarks
LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.
Text
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025kimi-k3
1380144015001560
Overall
14111486
Coding
14241531
Math
14061406
Hard prompts
14201505
Instruction following
14021479
Multi-turn
14031499
Creative writing
13971470
Longer query
14191502
Chinese
14451527
English
14121491
Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.
Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025
$12.00 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025, Kimi K3?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025: $0.40/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Kimi K3: 1531; Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025: 1424 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Which responds faster?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025: 0.3s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
How large is each context window?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 accepts 1,048,576 and Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 at 147.7 tok/s and Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.
Can I call Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 and Kimi K3 with the same API key?
Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.
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