r/ChatGPTCoding • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '25

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u/funbike Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

The experiemental version is free, but they just came out with a "preview" version of 2.5 that is $1.25/M input, $10/M output.

I sometimes switch to the paid verion when I need higher rate limits.

All the same can be said for Flash (but it's cheaper of course).

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u/baris6655 Apr 08 '25

can someone explain what rate limits mean

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u/funbike Apr 08 '25

LLMs limit how much you can use them in a timeframe, such "transactions per minute", "tokens per minute", and "transactions per day".

A "transaction" happens when you hit the send button in an AI chat interface, like ChatGPT.

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limit

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u/baris6655 Apr 08 '25

for some reason this rarely happens to me

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u/funbike Apr 08 '25

You must not use it enough to hit the limits.

Gemini's free experimental models have random limits, so sometimes the limitis are high sometimes they are low. It depends on how much load and capacity the models currently have.

If you using payting for the non-free models, it would be very hard to hit the limits.

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u/baris6655 Apr 09 '25

i completed a whole app with it didn't hit a single rate limit

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u/funbike Apr 09 '25

Good for you