there is a relation between gradle-plugin and the IDE version:
com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.6.+-> gradle 1.8
com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.7.+-> gradle 1.9
com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.8.+-> gradle 1.9/1.10
com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.9.+-> gradle 1.10/1.11
there is a relation between gradle-plugin and the IDE version:
AndroidStudio0.3.x -> gradle-plugin 0.6
AndroidStudio0.4.x -> gradle-plugin 0.7
AndroidStudio0.4.3+-> gradle-plugin 0.8
AndroidStudio0.5.x -> gradle-plugin 0.9