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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Google

Model

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

Image inputTool calling

Context window

1.0M

1,048,576 tokens · ~786K words

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Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite1.0M
Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct128K

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has about 8.2× the context window of the other in this pair.

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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has 719% more context capacity (1048K vs 128K tokens). Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite is 98% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite. Its 1048K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite. Input tokens are 98% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite. Its 65K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecGemini 2.5 Flash LiteMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct
Context window1,048,576 tokens (1048K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens65,535 tokens (65K)4,096 tokens (4K)
Speed tierFastDeep
VisionYesNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingYesNo
Prompt cachingYesNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateJul 2025N/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderGemini 2.5 Flash Lite inGemini 2.5 Flash Lite outMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct inMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct out
Aws Bedrock——$5.32/M$16.00/M
Google$0.100/M$0.400/M——
Google Vertex$0.100/M$0.400/M——

Frequently asked questions

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has a larger context window: 1048K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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