Author's Description
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is Google’s GA high-efficiency multimodal model optimized for low-latency, high-volume workloads. It supports text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs, and is designed for lightweight agentic...
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, a high-efficiency multimodal model, demonstrates strong overall performance, particularly excelling in speed and reliability. It consistently ranks among the fastest models, achieving the 85th percentile across eight benchmarks, and offers competitive pricing, typically falling within the 63rd percentile. A standout feature is its exceptional reliability, boasting a 100% success rate across all benchmarks, indicating minimal technical failures. The model exhibits perfect accuracy in Hallucinations (Baseline) and Ethics (Baseline) benchmarks, correctly identifying "I don't know" for fictional concepts and adhering to ethical principles, respectively. It also shows impressive performance in Mathematics (Baseline) with 97.0% accuracy, placing it in the 98th percentile and making it the most accurate among models of comparable speed. Instruction Following (Baseline) and Email Classification (Baseline) also show high accuracy at 82.0% and 99.0% respectively. While General Knowledge (Baseline) and Coding (Baseline) are solid at 99.5% and 90.0%, they represent areas where the model performs well but not at the very top tier. Reasoning (Baseline) is competent at 86.0%. Its optimization for low-latency, high-volume workloads is evident in its speed and cost-effectiveness across various tasks.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $0.25 |
| Completion | $1.5 |
| Input Cache Read | $0.025 |
| Input Cache Write | $0.0833 |
| Internal Reasoning | $1.5 |
| Web Search | $14000 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
| Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Google
|
Google | google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-20260507 | 1M | $0.25 / 1M tokens | $1.5 / 1M tokens |
|
Google AI Studio
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Google AI Studio | google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-20260507 | 1M | $0.25 / 1M tokens | $1.5 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
|---|
Other Models by google
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Released | Params | Context |
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Speed | Ability | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash | May 19, 2026 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B Unavailable | Apr 03, 2026 | 26B | 262K |
Video input
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★ | ★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B | Apr 03, 2026 | 26B | 262K |
Video input
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★ | ★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 4 31B Unavailable | Apr 02, 2026 | 31B | 262K |
Video input
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 4 31B | Apr 02, 2026 | 31B | 262K |
Video input
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview | Mar 30, 2026 | — | 1M |
Text input
Image input
Audio output
Text output
|
— | — | $ |
| Google: Lyria 3 Clip Preview | Mar 30, 2026 | — | 1M |
Text input
Image input
Audio output
Text output
|
— | — | $ |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Mar 02, 2026 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) Unavailable | Feb 26, 2026 | — | 65K |
Text input
Image input
Text output
Image output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | Feb 26, 2026 | — | 65K |
Text input
Image input
Text output
Image output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | Feb 25, 2026 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Feb 19, 2026 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
File input
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Dec 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | Nov 20, 2025 | — | 65K |
Text input
Image input
Text output
Image output
|
— | ★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview Unavailable | Nov 18, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | Oct 07, 2025 | — | 32K |
Text input
Image input
Text output
Image output
|
— | — | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09-2025 Unavailable | Sep 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
File input
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana) Unavailable | Aug 26, 2025 | — | 32K |
Text input
Image input
Text output
Image output
|
— | — | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Jul 22, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17 Unavailable | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
File input
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
File input
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Jun 05, 2025 | — | 1M |
Audio input
File input
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemma 1 2B Unavailable | May 28, 2025 | 2B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
— | — | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 3n 4B | May 20, 2025 | 4B | 32K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | $ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Unavailable | May 20, 2025 | — | 1M |
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 | May 06, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 04-17 Unavailable | Apr 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental Unavailable | Mar 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
— | — | $ |
| Google: Gemma 3 4B | Mar 13, 2025 | 4B | 131K |
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 3 12B | Mar 13, 2025 | 12B | 131K |
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 3 27B | Mar 11, 2025 | 27B | 131K |
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Unavailable | Feb 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Unavailable | Feb 05, 2025 | — | 1M |
Video input
Audio input
Text input
File input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Unavailable | Oct 02, 2024 | ~500B | 1M |
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $ |
| Google: Gemma 2 27B | Jul 12, 2024 | 27B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemma 2 9B Unavailable | Jun 27, 2024 | 9B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 1.5 Flash Unavailable | May 13, 2024 | ~500B | 1M |
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 1.5 Pro Unavailable | Apr 08, 2024 | ~1T | 2M |
Text input
Image input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |