Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Tiny Aya Earth
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite comes out ahead, 84 to 15 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- 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
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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is our pick
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 84/100 against 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-LiteGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite $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 · 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
- Self-hostingTiny Aya EarthPublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
| Measure | Weight | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Tiny Aya Earth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 100 | 25 |
| Context window | 40% | 61 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 84/100 | 15/100 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.10 | — |
| Output | $0.40 | — |
| Cached input | $0.01 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.175 | — |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | — |
| Price source | Official Google API | — |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 8,000 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens (best) | 8,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No |
| PDFs | Yes | No |
| Audio | Yes | No |
| Video | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | OpenCC-BY-NC-4.0 |
| API model ID | gemini-2.5-flash-lite | tiny-aya-earth |
| API providers | 24 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Jun 17, 2025 | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2025 | — |
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- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite$1.80
- Tiny Aya Earth—
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Tiny Aya Earth?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 84/100 against 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 or Tiny Aya Earth?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Google 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 . Tiny Aya Earth has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has not been scored yet and Tiny Aya Earth has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Tiny Aya Earth 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 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 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 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. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Tiny Aya Earth publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) 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. 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.
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