Google Gemini Model IDs

List of available model IDs for the Google Gemini API.

Last Updated: 2025-11-24

Model List

While there are many models available, gemini-2.5-flash is generally recommended for development at this time. It offers a good balance of cost and performance for a wide range of use cases.

Gemini 3.x (Latest)

Model ID	Context	Max Output	Use Case
`google/gemini-3-pro-preview`	-	64K	Latest high-performance model
`google/gemini-3-pro-image-preview`	-	-	Image generation
`google/gemini-3-pro-image-preview-edit`	-	-	Image editing

Gemini 2.5

Model ID	Context	Max Output	Use Case
`google/gemini-2.5-pro`	1M (2M planned)	-	High performance
`gemini-2.5-flash`	1M	-	Fast balanced model (recommended)
`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`	1M	-	Lightweight and fast

Note: Free tier is limited to approximately 32K tokens. Gemini Advanced (2.5 Pro) supports 1M tokens.

Gemini 2.0

Model ID	Context	Max Output	Use Case
`gemini-2.0-flash`	1M	-	Stable version

Basic Usage

from langchain_google_genai import ChatGoogleGenerativeAI

# Recommended: Balanced model
llm = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model="gemini-2.5-flash")

# Also works with prefix
llm = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model="models/gemini-2.5-flash")

# High-performance version
llm = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model="google/gemini-3-pro")

# Lightweight version
llm = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(model="gemini-2.5-flash-lite")

Environment Variables

export GOOGLE_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Model Selection Guide

Use Case	Recommended Model
Cost-focused	`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`
Balanced	`gemini-2.5-flash`
Performance-focused	`google/gemini-3-pro`
Large context	`gemini-2.5-pro` (1M tokens)

Gemini Features

1. Large Context Window

Gemini is the industry's first model to support 1M tokens:

Tier	Context Limit
Gemini Advanced (2.5 Pro)	1M tokens
Vertex AI	1M tokens
Free tier	~32K tokens

Use Cases:

Long document analysis
Understanding entire codebases
Long conversation history

# Processing large context
llm = ChatGoogleGenerativeAI(
    model="gemini-2.5-pro",
    max_tokens=8192  # Specify output token count
)

Future: Gemini 2.5 Pro is planned to support 2M token context windows.

2. Multimodal Support

Image input and generation capabilities (see Advanced Features for details).

Important Notes

❌ Deprecated: Gemini 1.0, 1.5 series are no longer available
✅ Migration Recommended: Use gemini-2.5-flash or later models

Detailed Documentation

For advanced configuration and multimodal features, see:

Gemini Advanced Features

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