Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite supports versatile input modalities including text, images, videos, files, and audio, with a context length of up to 1MB. It offers robust reasoning capabilities and can handle structured output, making it suitable for complex tasks that require deep understanding and analysis. Given its blended benchmark score of 62.3 across three independent benchmarks, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is competitive but may be more appropriate for users seeking a balance between cost and performance, with the model priced at $0.3 per million input tokens and $2.5 per million output tokens. This makes it a viable option for those looking to integrate AI capabilities without breaking the bank, especially if they need multi-modal handling and reasoning features.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 62.3 across 3 benchmarks, last refreshed 2026-08-13. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 61.8 |
| AI Index Coding | software engineering tasks | 81.4 |
| AI Index Agentic | multi-step tool-using tasks | 44.8 |
- Model ID
- google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite
- Vendor
- Released
- July 2026
- Tokenizer
- Gemini
- Input Modalities
- text, image, video, file, audio
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 65,536 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- ✓ accepts audio
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.30/M input and $2.50/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | $0.01 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.28 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $6.50 |
Strong choice for
Category rankings
Where Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite places across the 10 categories it ranks in. How we rank →
| # | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #3 | TranscriptionVoice · of 25 ranked | 123 |
| #5 | TTS ReplacementVoice · of 25 ranked | 115 |
| #5 | Video Auto-TaggingVideo · of 25 ranked | 123 |
| #12 | Audio SummarizationVoice · of 25 ranked | 153 |
| #15 | Video SummarizationVideo · of 25 ranked | 153 |
| #20 | Image CaptioningVision · of 25 ranked | 120 |
| #21 | Bulk Data LabelingData · of 25 ranked | 133 |
| #24 | Customer SupportBusiness · of 25 ranked | 132 |
| #25 | Code CompletionCode · of 25 ranked | 132 |
| #25 | Dataset AnnotationResearch · of 25 ranked | 142 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite cost?
- $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens.
- What is Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's context window?
- 1,048,576 tokens, roughly 1,572 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.