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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Voxtral Small 24B 2507 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite comes out ahead, 83 to 78 and 55 on our weighted score.

  1. Mistral AI

    Voxtral Small 24B 2507

    Released Jul 15, 2025

    55/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.10 / $0.40
    • Context33K
    Full specs Remove Voxtral Small 24B 2507

  2. Google

    Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17

    Released Jun 17, 2025

    78/100
    • ECI133.8
    • Price$0.12 / $0.48
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17
  3. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

    Released Jun 17, 2025

    83/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.10 / $0.40
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
01 — Verdict

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is our pick

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 (78) and Voxtral Small 24B 2507 (55). It leads on inputs & features. 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 priceVoxtral Small 24B 2507 and Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteVoxtral Small 24B 2507 $0.175 · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite $0.175 · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 $0.21 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 and Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 1,048,576 · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 1,048,576 · Voxtral Small 24B 2507 32,768 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 and Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteVoxtral Small 24B 2507: Text, Audio · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
  • Self-hostingVoxtral Small 24B 2507Publishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightVoxtral Small 24B 2507Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Price50%827982
Inputs & features30%4590100
Context window20%06161
Overall100%55/10078/10083/100

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.

Voxtral Small 24B 2507 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite specifications side by side
SpecificationVoxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral AIGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17GoogleGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogle
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—133.8—
ECI rank—#132 of 165—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.10 (best)$0.12$0.10 (best)
Output$0.40 (best)$0.48$0.40 (best)
Cached input——$0.01
Blended (3:1)$0.175 (best)$0.21$0.175 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Mistral APIMedian of 2 providersOfficial Google API
Limits
Context window32,768 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)1,048,576 tokens (best)
Max output32,768 tokens65,536 tokens (best)65,536 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoYesYes
PDFsNoYesYes
AudioYesYesYes
VideoNoYesYes
ReasoningNoYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenApache 2.0ProprietaryProprietary
API model IDvoxtral-small-latest—gemini-2.5-flash-lite
API providers10224 (best)
ReleasedJul 15, 2025Jun 17, 2025Jun 17, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Jan 2025Jan 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.

  • Voxtral Small 24B 2507$1.80
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17$2.16
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite$1.80
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Voxtral Small 24B 2507, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 (78) and Voxtral Small 24B 2507 (55). It leads on inputs & features. 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, Voxtral Small 24B 2507, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?

Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Google API price); Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 costs $0.12 input / $0.48 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.175 per million tokens for Voxtral Small 24B 2507 versus $0.175 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (1× as much) and $0.21 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 (1.2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Voxtral Small 24B 2507 has not been scored yet, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 has an ECI of 133.8 and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Voxtral Small 24B 2507, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 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 Preview 06-17 and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite have the largest context windows (1,048,576 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 32,768 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507. Maximum output per response: Voxtral Small 24B 2507 up to 32,768, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 up to 65,536, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Voxtral Small 24B 2507 accepts text and audio; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Voxtral Small 24B 2507 publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is the newest, released Jul 15, 2025. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 came out Jun 17, 2025; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite came out Jun 17, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 Jan 2025, 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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