Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Tiny Aya Earth vs Voxtral Small 24B 2507
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite comes out ahead, 84 to 27 and 15 on our weighted score.
- Our pick
GoogleGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
84/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.40
- Context1.05M
CohereTiny Aya Earth
15/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context8K
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 Tiny Aya Earth (15). 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) · Tiny Aya Earth unpriced
- Longest contextGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 1,048,576 · Voxtral Small 24B 2507 32,768 · Tiny Aya Earth 8,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Tiny Aya Earth: Text · Voxtral Small 24B 2507: Text, Audio
- Self-hostingTiny Aya Earth and Voxtral Small 24B 2507Publishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0 and Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Tiny Aya Earth | Voxtral Small 24B 2507 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 100 | 25 | 45 |
| Context window | 40% | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 84/100 | 15/100 | 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 | Tiny Aya EarthCohere | 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) | 8,000 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens (best) | 8,000 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | No |
| PDFs | Yes | No | No |
| Audio | Yes | No | Yes |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | OpenCC-BY-NC-4.0 | OpenApache 2.0 |
| API model ID | gemini-2.5-flash-lite | tiny-aya-earth | voxtral-small-latest |
| API providers | 24 (best) | 1 | 10 |
| Released | Jun 17, 2025 | Feb 17, 2026 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2025 | — | — |
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
- Tiny Aya Earth—
- Voxtral Small 24B 2507$1.80
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, Tiny Aya Earth 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 Tiny Aya Earth (15). 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, Tiny Aya Earth 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). Tiny Aya Earth 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, Tiny Aya Earth 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, Tiny Aya Earth and Voxtral Small 24B 2507 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
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 Voxtral Small 24B 2507 and 8,000 for Tiny Aya Earth. Maximum output per response: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite up to 65,536, Tiny Aya Earth up to 8,000, 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; Tiny Aya Earth accepts text; 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?
Tiny Aya Earth and Voxtral Small 24B 2507 publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0 and Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Tiny Aya Earth is the newest, released Feb 17, 2026. Voxtral Small 24B 2507 came out Jul 15, 2025; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite came out Jun 17, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 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.
