Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs LongCat 2.0

rates, context and capabilities side by side on the impossibl api, and what the same workload costs on each.

the models at a glance: base rates, context window and modalities
specificationGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite

LongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

input · usd / 1m tok$0.10$0.30
output · usd / 1m tok$0.40$1.20
context window1mtokens1.05mtokens
modalities · in → out

takes text, image, audio and video in, gives text out

takes text in, gives text out

pricing

base api rates by model
base api rates · usd per 1m tokensGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite

LongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

input$0.10$0.30
output$0.40$1.20
cache read$0.01$0.006
audio input$0.30not published

the estimate below prices one workload at these rates on every model.

specifications

published specifications by model
as publishedGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite

LongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

creatorGooglemeituan
model typeText generationText generation
context window1,000,000tokens1,048,756tokens
input

takes text, image, audio and video in, gives text out

takes text in, gives text out

outputtexttext
tool callingnot verifiednot verified
releasedjul 22, 2025not published
endpoint/v1/chat/completions/v1/chat/completions

unknown means the public catalog does not establish that fact. a model's documented capabilities can differ from what a particular api supports. see the model documentation for integration details.

benchmarks

benchmark scores by model, primary tested configuration
primary configurationGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite

non-reasoning

LongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

no benchmarks yet

intelligence index · gateway rank6.7#87 of 90not measured
omniscience-58.8#84 of 86not measured
gpqa47.4%#86 of 88
not measured
humanity’s last exam3.7%#86 of 89
not measured
mmmu-pro54.0%
not measured
livecodebench40.0%
not measured
aime 202535.3%
not measured
aa-lcr32.0%
not measured
ifbench31.5%
not measured
tau219.0%
not measured
terminal-bench hard2.3%
not measured
critpt0.0%
not measured

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite source ↗

each column describes the tested configuration named under the model; performance and costs can differ on impossibl. a score one model was not measured on is left blank rather than scored zero. indices are ranked against every model on the gateway with one. last checked 2026-09-11.

estimate your cost

one token workload, priced on every model at the published rates, in usd. change the numbers to match yours.

token workload

total input, including cached tokens

include billable reasoning tokens

the same token usage in each request

a subset of total input, never additional tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite

estimated usage cost

$0.30

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $0.10 + 500 output × $0.40) / 1,000,000 = $0.30

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

LongCat 2.0

meituan/longcat-2.0

estimated usage cost

$0.90

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $0.30 + 500 output × $1.20) / 1,000,000 = $0.90

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

estimates use published impossibl api usage rates. configured billing adjustments, funding fees, taxes, and custom workspace rates are excluded and may change the final amount.

image and audio usage, cache creation, and additional tool charges are excluded. reasoning tokens count as billable output, even when they are not visible in the response.

summary

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and LongCat 2.0 are available through the Impossibl API. they share the /v1/chat/completions endpoint; the model identifier selects the model for a request.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is created by Google. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $0.10 per million input tokens; $0.40 per million output tokens.

LongCat 2.0 is created by meituan. It has a 1,048,756-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $0.30 per million input tokens; $1.20 per million output tokens.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteLongCat 2.0

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