Comparison · prices as of 2026-07-04
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs DeepSeek V3.2
On price alone, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Google) runs about 48% cheaper than DeepSeek V3.2 for a typical chat workload (2K input + 500 output tokens, 1,000 requests/day). Whether that's the right trade depends on the capability gap — pricing below, verify quality on your own evals.
| Spec | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | DeepSeek V3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Input / MTok | $0.10 | $0.28 |
| Output / MTok | $0.40 | $0.42 |
| Context window | 1M | 128K |
| Max output | 66K | 8K |
| Class | fast | workhorse |
| Reference workload / month | $12.00 | $23.10 |
Sources: Google pricing · DeepSeek pricing. Run your own numbers in the cost calculator.