When was Gemini 2.0 Flash released?

Gemini 2.0 Flash was released by Google on Thursday, Jan 30 2025.

Who made Gemini 2.0 Flash?

Gemini 2.0 Flash was built by Google. Builds the Gemini family of models through Google DeepMind. Integrates AI across Google products.

What benchmark scores did Gemini 2.0 Flash get?

Gemini 2.0 Flash reports 1 tracked benchmark score — BullshitBench v2: 15%. Tracked scores may come from lab reports or independent benchmarks; source details accompany the benchmark data.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash open source?

No. Gemini 2.0 Flash is a closed model. The weights are not published — it is available only through the provider's own API, apps, or partner platforms.

What came before and after Gemini 2.0 Flash?

Google's previous tracked release was Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B on Oct 3 2024, 119 days earlier. It was followed by Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite on Feb 5 2025.

Gemini 2.0 Flash

Released Jan 30 2025

Gemini 2.0 Flash is an AI model released by Google on Thursday, Jan 30 2025, 119 days after Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B. Benchmark results (shown below) cover BullshitBench v2.

Benchmarks

BullshitBench v2

15%

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About

Gemini 2.0 Flash, generally available January 30, 2025 after a December 2024 preview, was the launch model of what Google called the agentic era: native tool use, multimodal output including image generation and steerable text-to-speech, and a Multimodal Live API for real-time audio and video streaming — all at Flash-tier latency and pricing.

Unusually, Google led the 2.0 generation with its workhorse model rather than its flagship; 2.0 Flash outperformed the previous-generation 1.5 Pro while costing far less, and it powered the first wave of Google's agent prototypes. The 2.0 line filled out with Flash-Lite and Pro within a week, but was quickly eclipsed by the thinking-native Gemini 2.5 family in March 2025.

Frequently asked questions

: Gemini 2.0 Flash was released by Google on Thursday, Jan 30 2025.
: Gemini 2.0 Flash was built by Google. Builds the Gemini family of models through Google DeepMind. Integrates AI across Google products.
: Gemini 2.0 Flash reports 1 tracked benchmark score — BullshitBench v2: 15%. Tracked scores may come from lab reports or independent benchmarks; source details accompany the benchmark data.
: No. Gemini 2.0 Flash is a closed model. The weights are not published — it is available only through the provider's own API, apps, or partner platforms.
: Google's previous tracked release was Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B on Oct 3 2024, 119 days earlier. It was followed by Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite on Feb 5 2025.