Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Codestral (latest)
Codestral (latest) is cheaper than Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite by about 100% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite charges $0.100000 / $0.400000 per 1M input/output tokens; Codestral (latest) charges $0.000000 / $0.000000.
| Field | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Codestral (latest) |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.100000 | $0.000000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.400000 | $0.000000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | $0.010000 | – |
| Cache write $/Mtok | – | – |
| Input $/Mchar | n/a | 0.000000 |
| Output $/Mchar | n/a | 0.000000 |
| Context window | 1048576 | 256000 |
| Tokenizer | gemini | mistral |
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 | Codestral (latest) |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $1.15 | $0.00 |
| RAG chat | $1.45 | $0.00 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $1.30 | $0.00 |
| Classification | $1.06 | $0.00 |
| Chat assistant | $2.20 | $0.00 |
| Content generation | $3.40 | $0.00 |
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Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Codestral (latest): $0.100000/$0.400000 vs $0.000000/$0.000000 per 1M tokens, as of 2026-10-04 (Token Barometer, https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/google_gemini-2.5-flash-lite-vs-mistral_codestral-2501).
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