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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 vs Ministral 14B

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 comes out ahead, 81 to 63 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025

    Released Sep 25, 2025

    81/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.095 / $0.38
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025

  2. Mistral AI

    Ministral 14B

    Released Dec 2, 2025

    63/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.175 / $0.175
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Ministral 14B

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01 — Verdict

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 is our pick

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 is the better all-round choice, scoring 81/100 against Ministral 14B (63). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 $0.166 · Ministral 14B $0.175 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 1,048,576 · Ministral 14B 262,144 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Ministral 14B: Text, Images
  • Self-hostingMinistral 14BPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025Ministral 14B
Price50%8382
Inputs & features30%9050
Context window20%6137
Overall100%81/10063/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 vs Ministral 14B specifications side by side
SpecificationGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025GoogleMinistral 14BMistral AI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.095 (best)$0.175
Output$0.38$0.175 (best)
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.166 (best)$0.175
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 2 providersMedian of 2 providers
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)262,144 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens262,144 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsYesNo
AudioYesNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenApache-2.0
API model ID——
API providers22
ReleasedSep 25, 2025Dec 2, 2025
Knowledge cutoffJan 2025—
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025$1.71
  • Ministral 14B$2.10
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 or Ministral 14B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 is the better all-round choice, scoring 81/100 against Ministral 14B (63). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 or Ministral 14B?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 is cheaper at $0.095 input / $0.38 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Ministral 14B costs $0.175 input / $0.175 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.166 per million tokens for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 versus $0.175 for Ministral 14B (1.1× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 has not been scored yet and Ministral 14B has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 and Ministral 14B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 262,144 for Ministral 14B. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 up to 65,536, Ministral 14B up to 262,144 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Ministral 14B accepts text and images. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Ministral 14B publishes its weights (Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Ministral 14B is the newest, released Dec 2, 2025. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 came out Sep 25, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 09-2025 Jan 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

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