Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is Google's language model with a 1.0M context window and up to 66K output tokens, available from 4 providers, starting at $0.15 / 1M input and $1.25 / 1M output. A lightweight, cost-efficient multimodal LLM in the Gemini 3.5 Flash tier, optimized for high-throughput tasks requiring reasoning, vision, and tool-use at reduced latency.
Specifications
Canonical IDgoogle-gemini-3-5-flash-lite
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorGoogleGoogle
Providers
Context Window1.0M tokens
Max Output66K tokens
Input ModalitiesAudioImagePDFTextVideo
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Release Date · 1 month ago
Deprecation Date
Benchmarks
Intelligence Index
#81
Coding Index
#64
GPQA
#111
HLE
#126
Time to First Token
#534
SciCode
#122
LCR
#44
Output TPS
#6

Capabilities

Input5/5
Text
Image
Audio
Video
PDF
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities10/13
Reasoning
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling
Parallel Function Calling
Structured Outputs
Native JSON Schema
Web Search
URL Context
Computer Use·
Code Execution
File Search
Prompt Caching
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandardFlexFastBatch
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
Cache Write 5m
$ / 1M
Reasoning
$ / 1M
Audio In
$ / 1M
Image In
Web Search
$ / request
Video In
$ / 1M
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
Audio In
$ / 1M
Image In
$ / 1M
Video In
$ / 1M
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
Audio In
$ / 1M
Image In
$ / 1M
Video In
$ / 1M
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
Reasoning
$ / 1M
Audio In
$ / 1M
Image In
Web Search
$ / request
Video In
$ / 1M
Google Gemini logo
Google Gemini
gemini-3.5-flash-lite
$0.3$2.50$0.03N/A$2.50$0.3$0.3
/ 1M tokens
N/A$0.3$0.15$1.25$0.015$0.15$0.15$0.15$0.54$4.50$0.054$0.54$0.54$0.54$0.15$1.25N/AN/A$0.15$0.15
/ 1M tokens
N/A$0.15
Google Vertex AI logo
Google Vertex AI
gemini-3.5-flash-lite
$0.15$1.25$0.015N/A$2.50$0.15$0.15
/ 1M tokens
N/A$0.15$0.15$1.25$0.015$0.15$0.15$0.15$0.54$4.50$0.054$0.54$0.54$0.54$0.15$1.25$0.015N/A$0.15$0.15
/ 1M tokens
N/A$0.15
OpenRouter logo
OpenRouter
google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite
$0.3$2.50$0.03$0.0833$2.50$0.3$0.000000
/ image
$0.014N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
OpenRouter logo
OpenRouter
google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite:batch
$0.15$1.25$0.015$1.25$0.15$0.000000
/ image
$0.014N/A
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite
$0.3$2.50$0.03N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$0.15$1.25$0.015N/AN/AN/A$0.54$4.50$0.054N/AN/AN/A

Cost Calculator

US Dollar ($)
Preset:

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite1.0M$0.150$1.25Current
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image66K$0.250$1.50Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite1.0M$0.250$1.50Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview1.0M$0.250$1.50Deprecated
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Live$0.250$1.50Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Live Image$0.250$1.50Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Live Preview$0.250$1.50Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Live TunedAvailable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite TunedAvailable
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview1.0M$0.100$0.400Deprecated
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite1.0M$0.075$0.300Deprecating

Other Models

ModelTierReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1M
Gemini 3.7 FlashFlash1.0M$0.750$3.75
Gemini 3.6 FlashFlash1.0M$0.750$3.75
Gemini 3.1 Flash ImageFlash131K$0.500$3.00
Gemini 3 Pro ImagePro131K$2.00$12.00
Gemini 3.5 FlashFlash1.0M$0.750$4.50
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPro1.0M$2.00$12.00
Gemini 3 FlashFlash1.0M$0.500$3.00
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewFlash1.0M$0.500$3.00
Gemini 3 Pro PreviewPro1.0M$2.00$12.00
Gemini 3 ProPro1.0M$2.00$12.00

Model IDs

gemini-3-5-flash-lite
gemini-3.5-flash-lite
gemini/gemini-3.5-flash-lite
google-gemini-3-5-flash-lite
google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite
google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite:batch
publishers/google/models/gemini-3.5-flash-lite
vertex_ai/gemini-3.5-flash-lite