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Why use Gemini 2.0 Flash Image Generation on GCP Vertex AI?
GCP Vertex AI offers Gemini 2.0 Flash Image Generation with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.15/1M input tokens. Vertex AI is Google Cloud's managed AI platform, offering access to Gemini models and hundreds of partner models alongside tools for fine-tuning, grounding, vector search, and end-to-end MLOps pipelines.
Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$30.00
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install google-cloud-aiplatformAuth
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=...Call
import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")Model ID
gemini-2.0-flash-image-generationRequest example
import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
# Reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env; authenticates via Application Default Credentials
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")
model = GenerativeModel("gemini-2.0-flash-image-generation")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)Gotchas
- For Google-published models use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash-001". For third-party publishers (Anthropic, Meta, etc.) use the full publisher path, e.g. "publishers/anthropic/models/claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022".
- The examples expect GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.15 |
| Output tokens | $30.00 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalJSON / Tool use
About Gemini 2.0 Flash Image Generation
Vertex only. Text input: $0.15/1M. Text output: $0.60/1M. Image output: $30/1M. Shut down on AI Studio.
Model Specs
Released2025-02-12
Context1.05m
ArchitectureDecoder Only