Gemini 2.0 Flash

Google · Gemini Flash line · lightweight

Released December 11, 2024Replaced by Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental

Gemini 2.0 Flash was released by Google on December 11, 2024, as a lightweight model in the Gemini Flash line.

Release 3 of 14 in the Gemini Flash line.
Came 106 days after Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B, released Aug 27, 2024.
Replaced by Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental on December 19, 2024, 8 days later.
These days the line ships a new model about every 63 days.

What changed

Gemini 2.0 Flash arrived as an experimental model in the Gemini API, and Google says it beats Gemini 1.5 Pro on key benchmarks at twice the speed.

Sources: Google

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