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Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Google Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 vs Google Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite — side-by-side specs.

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Gemini 1.5 Flash-002
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Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Overview
CompanyGoogleGoogle
Release dateSep 24 2024Feb 1 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGemini 1.5 Flash-002 shipped 130 days before Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Which is better: Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 shipped 130 days before Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 released?
Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 was released by Google on Sep 24 2024.
When was Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite released?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite was released by Google on Feb 1 2025.

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