Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 3n E2B IT vs Voxtral Small 24B 2507
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite comes out ahead, 84 to 27 and 21 on our weighted score.
- Our pick
GoogleGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
84/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.40
- Context1.05M
- Google
Gemma 3n E2B IT
21/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context33K
Mistral AIVoxtral Small 24B 2507
27/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.40
- Context33K
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is our pick
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 84/100 against Voxtral Small 24B 2507 (27) and Gemma 3n E2B IT (21). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. 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 and Voxtral Small 24B 2507Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite $0.175 · Voxtral Small 24B 2507 $0.175 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Gemma 3n E2B IT unpriced
- Longest contextGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 1,048,576 · Gemma 3n E2B IT 32,768 · Voxtral Small 24B 2507 32,768 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Gemma 3n E2B IT: Text, Images, Audio · Voxtral Small 24B 2507: Text, Audio
- Self-hostingGemma 3n E2B IT and Voxtral Small 24B 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Gemma Terms of Use and Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Gemma 3n E2B IT | Voxtral Small 24B 2507 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 100 | 35 | 45 |
| Context window | 40% | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 84/100 | 21/100 | 27/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogle | Gemma 3n E2B ITGoogle | Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.10 | — | $0.10 |
| Output | $0.40 | — | $0.40 |
| Cached input | $0.01 | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.175 | — | $0.175 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | — | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Google API | — | Official Mistral API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 32,768 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens (best) | 32,768 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | Yes | No | No |
| Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | No | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | OpenGemma Terms of Use | OpenApache 2.0 |
| API model ID | gemini-2.5-flash-lite | — | voxtral-small-latest |
| API providers | 24 (best) | — | 10 |
| Released | Jun 17, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2025 | Jun 2024 | — |
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$1.80
- Gemma 3n E2B IT—
- Voxtral Small 24B 2507$1.80
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, Gemma 3n E2B IT or Voxtral Small 24B 2507?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 84/100 against Voxtral Small 24B 2507 (27) and Gemma 3n E2B IT (21). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. 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, Gemma 3n E2B IT or Voxtral Small 24B 2507?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Google API price). Voxtral Small 24B 2507 costs $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.175 per million tokens for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite versus $0.175 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507 (1× as much). Gemma 3n E2B IT has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has not been scored yet, Gemma 3n E2B IT has not been scored yet and Voxtral Small 24B 2507 has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, Gemma 3n E2B IT and Voxtral Small 24B 2507 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Gemma 3n E2B IT does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 32,768 for Gemma 3n E2B IT and 32,768 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite up to 65,536, Gemma 3n E2B IT up to 32,768, Voxtral Small 24B 2507 up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Gemma 3n E2B IT accepts text, images and audio; Voxtral Small 24B 2507 accepts text and audio. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Gemma 3n E2B IT and Voxtral Small 24B 2507 publishes its weights (Gemma Terms of Use and Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is the newest, released Jul 15, 2025. Gemma 3n E2B IT came out Jun 26, 2025; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite came out Jun 17, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Jan 2025, Gemma 3n E2B IT Jun 2024.
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.
