Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind develops Gemini-family multimodal models including Gemini 2.5 Flash and Gemini 1.5 Pro. Their unified architecture natively processes text, images, video, and audio through a single multimodal encoder. Google offers the most generous free tier among frontier labs with 15 RPM on Google AI Studio.
Why Choose Google DeepMind?
Gemini 2.5 Flash uses a dense transformer with native multimodal attention that processes image patches, video frames, and text tokens through a shared attention mechanism rather than separate modality encoders. Their 1M token context window is achieved through a sparse attention pattern that dynamically adjusts context granularity based on content density. Gemini 2.5 Flash's agentic capabilities include built-in tool use for code execution, Google Search integration, and structured output generation. Their training pipeline uses a mixture-of-experts decoder with a massive mixture-of-deep-agents routing system for multi-task specialization.
Pricing Overview
Gemini 2.5 Flash is free at 15 RPM / 1,500 RPD on Google AI Studio. Paid API tiers start at $0.075/$0.30 per million input/output tokens for Gemini Flash. Gemini 1.5 Pro costs $1.25/$5.00 per million tokens. The free tier provides production-level access with verified rate limits and no credit card requirement.
Official Model Portfolio (5)
| MODEL | CONTEXT | INPUT $/1M | OUTPUT $/1M | SPEED | FREE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 2 27B | 8K | $0.10 | $0.10 | 250 tok/s | Yes |
| Gemma 2 9B | 8K | $0.05 | $0.05 | 550 tok/s | Yes |
| Gemma 3 12B | 128K | $0.07 | $0.07 | 400 tok/s | Yes |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | 1M | $0.10 | $0.40 | 150 tok/s | Yes |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash | 1M | $0.07 | $0.30 | 130 tok/s | Yes |
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import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta",
apiKey: process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY,
});🧠 Hardware Hosting Sizing
| MODEL | FP16 VRAM | INT4 VRAM | MIN GPU | CHEAPEST CLOUD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 2 27B | 54 GB | 16 GB | RTX 4090 24GB | View Deals → |
| Gemma 2 9B | 18 GB | 6 GB | RTX 4080 16GB | View Deals → |
| Gemma 3 12B | 24 GB | 8 GB | RTX 4090 24GB | View Deals → |