Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

Caution: The gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation and gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview models will be retired on October 31, 2025. Migrate any workflows to gemini-2.5-flash-image before that date to avoid service disruption.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is optimized for image understanding and generation and offers a balance of price and performance. Like Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Flash Image also features thinking capabilities , which lets you see the thinking process that the model goes through when generating its response.

For even more detailed technical information on Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (such as performance benchmarks, information on our training datasets, efforts on sustainability, intended usage and limitations, and our approach to ethics and safety), see our technical report on our Gemini 2.5 models.

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Model ID

gemini-2.5-flash-image

Supported inputs & outputs

Inputs:
Text , Images
Outputs:
Text and image

Token limits

Maximum input tokens: 32,768
Maximum output tokens: 32,768

Capabilities

Supported

Not supported

Usage types

Supported

Not supported

Fixed quota

Input size limit

500 MB

Technical specifications

Images

Maximum images per prompt: 3
Maximum image size: 7 MB
Maximum number of output images per prompt: 10
Supported aspect ratios: 1:1, 3:2, 2:3, 3:4, 4:3, 4:5, 5:4, 9:16, 16:9, and 21:9
Supported MIME types:
image/png , image/jpeg , image/webp

Documents

Maximum number of files per prompt: 3
Maximum number of pages per file: 3
Maximum file size per file: 50 MB (API and Cloud Storage imports) or 7 MB (direct upload through Google Cloud console)
Supported MIME types:
application/pdf , text/plain

Parameter defaults

Temperature: 0.0-2.0 (default 1.0)
topP: 0.0-1.0 (default 0.95)
topK: 64 (fixed)
candidateCount: 1–8 (default 1)

Supported regions

Model availability

(Includes dynamic shared quota & Provisioned Throughput)

Global

global

United States

us-central1
us-east1
us-east4
us-east5
us-south1
us-west1
us-west4

Europe

europe-central2
europe-north1
europe-southwest1
europe-west1
europe-west4
europe-west8

ML processing

United States

Multi-region

Europe

Multi-region

See Data residency for more information.

Knowledge cutoff date

June 2025

Versions

gemini-2.5-flash-image

Launch stage: GA
Release date: October 2, 2025

gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview

Launch stage: Public preview
Release date: August 26, 2025
Discontinuation date: October 31, 2025

Security controls

See Security controls for more information.

Supported languages

See Supported languages .

Pricing

See Pricing .