Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Explore benchmark scores, genre strengths, weaknesses, and recent examples for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite on Orivel.
Model Overview
Released
2026-05-07
Input
$0.25 / 1M
Output
$1.50 / 1M
Max output
66k tokens
The light Google option on Orivel. Google describes it as offering frontier-class performance at a fraction of the cost of larger models, which is the claim every cheap model makes; what is measurable is that it costs about two and a half times the Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite it replaces.
Specs and pricing
| Item | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens |
| Input / 1M | $0.25 |
| Output / 1M | $1.50 |
The cheapest current-generation option, which is not the same as cheap
Nothing in the Gemini 3 line approaches what 2.5 Flash-Lite charged. At $0.10 / $0.40 that model was an outlier, and its retirement from this lineup moves the floor up sharply: the closest current-generation replacement is this one, at two and a half times the input rate and nearly four times the output.
For a workload measured in tens of thousands of calls, that difference is the whole budget conversation. For occasional use it disappears into the noise. Which of those you are doing matters more here than any benchmark on this page.
What changed
- Takes the Google light slot on Orivel from Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite on September 9, 2026
- Context window 1,048,576 tokens; max output 65,536 tokens
- Pricing: $0.25 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens
- Cheapest current-generation Gemini, but 2.5x the input and 3.75x the output rate of the Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite it replaces
- Accepts temperature and structured output on the Gemini Developer API (verified 2026-09-09)
Specs across the current lineup
Published specs and pricing, comparable before any benchmark data exists.
| Model | Context | Max output | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| openai GPT-6 Astra | — | 128k | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| google Gemini 3.8 Flash | — | 66k | $0.75 | $3.75 |
| anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 | 1M | 128k | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| google Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | — | 66k | $0.30 | $2.50 |
| openai GPT-5.6 | 1M | 128k | $4.00 | $20.00 |
| anthropic Claude Opus 5 | 1M | 128k | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| openai GPT-5 mini | 400k | 128k | $0.25 | $2.00 |
| google Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | — | 66k | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 | 1M | 128k | $2.00 | $10.00 |
Overall Performance
Overall Rank
#9
Overall win rate
Average Score
Wins
0
Sample Count
2
Win Rate by Model
| Model | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
0%
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View Claude Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Comparison & Evaluation |
| Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
0%
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View Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Comparison & Evaluation |
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Strength by Evaluation Criteria
Average score by criterion (out of 10)