gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is a lightweight, low-latency model focused on speed and cost efficiency. It generates tokens quickly and outperforms earlier Flash models on common benchmarks. “Thinking” (multi-pass reasoning) is off by default for maximum speed, but can be turned on through the Reasoning API when deeper reasoning is needed.
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from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI( api_key="YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.apertis.ai/v1") response = client.chat.completions.create( model="gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025", messages=[ {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"} ], max_tokens=1024, temperature=0.7) print(response.choices[0].message.content) # Optional: Enable context compression to reduce token usage# response = client.chat.completions.create(# model="gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025",# messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],# extra_body={"compression": {"enabled": True, "model": "gpt-4.1-mini"}}# )modelmessagesmax_tokenstemperaturetop_pstreamtoolsreasoning_effortstream_optionsthinkingextra_bodyUse these namespaced identifiers in Cursor IDE to avoid conflicts with built-in models.
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Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (May 2025) is Google's high-performance general model built for advanced reasoning, coding, math, and science. It includes built-in “thinking” features to deliver more accurate, context-aware answers.
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is a smaller, low-latency model focused on speed and cost efficiency. It delivers faster generation and better benchmark performance than earlier Flash models. Thinking mode is off by default for maximum speed, but developers can enable it when they want deeper reasoning at a higher cost.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (May 2025) is Google's high-performance general model built for advanced reasoning, coding, math, and science. It includes built-in “thinking” features to deliver more accurate, context-aware answers.