Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Microsoft: Phi 4
Microsoft: Phi 4 is cheaper than Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite by about 50% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite charges $0.100000 / $0.400000 per 1M input/output tokens; Microsoft: Phi 4 charges $0.070000 / $0.140000.
| Field | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Microsoft: Phi 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.100000 | $0.070000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.400000 | $0.140000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | $0.010000 | – |
| Cache write $/Mtok | – | – |
| Input $/Mchar | n/a | n/a |
| Output $/Mchar | n/a | n/a |
| Context window | 1048576 | 16384 |
| Tokenizer | gemini | – |
Price history
Same workload, monthly cost
Illustrative monthly cost at 10M tokens/month, split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume, cache and batch assumptions.
| Workload | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Microsoft: Phi 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $1.15 | $0.74 |
| RAG chat | $1.45 | $0.81 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $1.30 | $0.77 |
| Classification | $1.06 | $0.71 |
| Chat assistant | $2.20 | $0.98 |
| Content generation | $3.40 | $1.26 |
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Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Microsoft: Phi 4: $0.100000/$0.400000 vs $0.070000/$0.140000 per 1M tokens, as of 2026-10-04 (Token Barometer, https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/google_gemini-2.5-flash-lite-vs-microsoft_phi-4).
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite page | Microsoft: Phi 4 page | Open in calculator