Activefastmultimodal Proprietary

Gemini 1.5 Flash

by Google· Released May 2024· Cutoff Early 2024

Gemini 1.5 Flash is a lightweight, fast, and cost-efficient multimodal model designed for high-volume, latency-sensitive applications. It is optimized for tasks like summarization, chat, and image/video captioning, offering a balance of performance and speed. As part of the Gemini 1.5 family, it supports a 1 million token context window and native multimodal inputs.

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Input cost

$0.075 per 1M tokens

Output cost

$0.30 per 1M tokens

Context window

1M tokens

Max output

8192 tokens

Modalities

textimageaudiovideo

License

proprietary

Capabilities

Multimodal understanding (text, image, audio, video)Function CallingCode GenerationStreamingJSON ModeLong context (1M tokens)

Best For

High-volume, latency-sensitive applications requiring fast and cost-effective multimodal processing.

Strengths

Fast inference speed
Low cost per token
1 million token context window
Native multimodal support (text, image, audio, video)
Good performance on summarization and chat tasks

Limitations

Lower quality on complex reasoning compared to Gemini 1.5 Pro
Not suitable for tasks requiring deep analytical reasoning
May struggle with nuanced creative writing
Limited availability in some regions

Use Cases

Real-time chat and customer support

Content summarization of long documents

Image and video captioning

Data extraction from multimodal inputs

Code generation and assistance

Educational tutoring and Q&A

Social media content moderation

Improvements Over Previous Model

Introduced as a new fast and cost-efficient model in the Gemini 1.5 family
Significantly lower pricing compared to Gemini 1.5 Pro ($0.075 vs $1.25 per 1M input tokens)
Faster inference than Gemini 1.5 Pro, optimized for latency-sensitive applications
Supports same 1M token context window as Gemini 1.5 Pro
Native multimodal input (text, image, audio, video) similar to Gemini 1.5 Pro

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