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Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is a Google model with 1.05M context, $0.30 in / $2.50 out per million tokens, last verified October 1, 2026. Open weights: no. Public-board scores are linked to the publisher; vendor-only figures stay in the watch-out, not on the board.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is Google's recommended Flash-Lite tier for high-volume, latency-sensitive agent loops.

Recorded profile verification October 1, 2026Individual provider fields may change

AI model specification details
SpecificationGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
ProviderGoogle
TierBudget
Context window1.05M
Max output66K
Input / 1M tokens$0.30
Output / 1M tokens$2.50
WeightsClosed
ParametersNot verifiedUnverified
Reasoning levelsminimal, low, medium, high
Modalitiestext, image, video, audio, pdf
API model idgemini-3.5-flash-lite
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026

Pricing tiers: Standard $0.30 input for text/image/video/audio and $2.50 output including thinking per MTok. Cached input $0.03 plus $1/MTok-hour storage. Batch/Flex $0.15/$1.25 with published cached input $0.02. Priority $0.54/$4.50, cached $0.05. Grounding tools have separate charges/quotas. The older 3.1 Flash-Lite has modality-dependent input rates.

Publisher evidence

Published benchmark results

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Published benchmark results for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
BenchmarkScoreSource dateSource
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite222026-10-01Artificial Analysis · View source

Best for

  • High-volume agents
  • Document pipelines
  • Cost-sensitive multimodal

Watch out

Compare input modality: 3.1 Flash-Lite is $0.25 for text/image/video but $0.50 for audio, versus this model's $0.30 for either. Thinking includes minimal through high; computer use is Preview. Price alone does not establish quality on reasoning tasks.

History

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite timeline

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Common questions

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cost per million tokens?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite lists base rates of $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. Estimate both input and output token volume and any additional charges for your workload. Standard $0.30 input for text/image/video/audio and $2.50 output including thinking per MTok. Cached input $0.03 plus $1/MTok-hour storage. Batch/Flex $0.15/$1.25 with published cached input $0.02. Priority $0.54/$4.50, cached $0.05. Grounding tools have separate charges/quotas. The older 3.1 Flash-Lite has modality-dependent input rates.
What is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite's context window?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite accepts about 1.05M tokens of context. That only matters if you routinely send very long documents, large codebases, or multi-turn histories that approach that limit.
What is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite best for?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is a budget tier from Google. It suits high-volume agents, document pipelines, cost-sensitive multimodal. Compare input modality: 3.1 Flash-Lite is $0.25 for text/image/video but $0.50 for audio, versus this model's $0.30 for either. Thinking includes minimal through high; computer use is Preview. Price alone does not establish quality on reasoning tasks.
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