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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite by Google ranks 133rd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 41.5. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 40th. API pricing starts at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens, with a 1.05M-token context window.

Last verified

Noometry rank
#133 of 354
Index score
41.5
Evidence
Confirmed 39 results
Provider
Google
Released
July 21, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Reasoning
Yes
Context window
1.05M
Max output
66K
Input price
$0.30 / M
Output price
$2.50 / M
Blended price
$0.85 / M
Output speed
Not measured
Value
#96 of 219
Knowledge cutoff
March 2026
Input
text, image, video, audio, pdf

Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

  1. Coding 42.4
  2. Agentic & Tool Use 25.7
  3. Reasoning 27.8
  4. Math 25.9
  5. Knowledge 50.1
  6. Multimodal 41.1
  7. Multilingual 53.5
  8. Instruction Following 74.8
  9. Long Context 43.9
  10. Writing & Preference 64.2
CategoryScoreRankResults
Coding42.4#1044
Agentic & Tool Use25.7#1072
Reasoning27.8#1149
Math25.9#2645
Knowledge50.1#722
Multimodal41.1#401
Multilingual53.5#631
Instruction Following74.8#851
Long Context43.9#841
Writing & Preference64.2#574

Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

Strongest categories

CategoryScorevs medianRank
Writing & Preference64.2+10.5#57 of 312, top 19%
Multilingual53.5+6.1#63 of 297, top 22%
Knowledge50.1+12.8#72 of 314, top 23%

Weakest categories

CategoryScorevs medianRank
Math25.9−10.7#264 of 327, top 81%
Agentic & Tool Use25.7−4.7#107 of 154, top 70%
Reasoning27.8+4.2#114 of 350, top 33%

Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

ModelRankScoreBlended $/MSpeed
ERNIE 5.0 0110#12941.8——Compare
Granite 4.2 30b#13041.8——Compare
Muse Glimmer#13141.7——Compare
o4-mini#13241.6$1.936Compare
Grok 4.1#13441.5——Compare
GLM-4.6#13541.4$112Compare
Grok 4.1 Fast#13641.4$0.28—Compare
GLM-4.6V#13741.3$0.45—Compare

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Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

Coding

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena WebDev1440#57 of 113, top 51%LMArena2026-10-08
SciCode41.3%#73 of 121, top 61%Epoch AI
WeirdML39%#82 of 119, top 69%highEpoch AI
LMArena Coding1453#84 of 294, top 29%LMArena2026-10-08
ALE-Bench765.27#64 of 105, top 61%highEpoch AI

Agentic & Tool Use

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
APEX-Agents29.3%#44 of 49, top 90%Epoch AI
GDP.pdf10%#33 of 36, top 92%highEpoch AI

Reasoning

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
ARC-AGI-210.3%#48 of 83, top 58%highEpoch AI
ARC-AGI-21.5%lowEpoch AI
ARC-AGI-25.3%mediumEpoch AI
ARC-AGI-20.8%minimalEpoch AI
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%#56 of 91, top 62%high reasoningLech Mazur benchmarks
ARC-AGI-153.5%#55 of 83, top 67%highEpoch AI
ARC-AGI-117%lowEpoch AI
ARC-AGI-132.3%mediumEpoch AI
ARC-AGI-17.5%minimalEpoch AI
CritPt0%#106 of 134, top 80%Epoch AI
Chess Puzzles22%#49 of 129, top 38%highEpoch AI2026-08-06
Chess Puzzles18%lowEpoch AI2026-08-06
Chess Puzzles21%minimalEpoch AI2026-08-06
LMArena Hard Prompts1441#80 of 297, top 27%LMArena2026-10-08
Mystery Game Puzzles19%#43 of 74, top 59%lowEpoch AI2026-08-05
Mystery Game Puzzles12%minimalEpoch AI2026-08-05
DTBench83.5%#58 of 151, top 39%highEpoch AI
LMCA37.6%#53 of 125, top 43%highEpoch AI
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13#83 of 213, top 39%Epoch AI2026-07-21

Math

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%#64 of 81, top 80%highEpoch AI2026-08-02
FrontierMath Tier 40%#62 of 63, top 99%highEpoch AI2026-08-02
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%#90 of 173, top 53%highEpoch AI2026-08-06
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202560%lowEpoch AI2026-08-06
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202551.1%minimalEpoch AI2026-08-06
ProofBench13%#60 of 77, top 78%Epoch AI
LMArena Math1433#79 of 285, top 28%LMArena2026-10-08

Knowledge

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
GPQA Diamond83.3%#70 of 186, top 38%highEpoch AI2026-08-06
GPQA Diamond75.8%lowEpoch AI2026-08-06
GPQA Diamond74.2%minimalEpoch AI2026-08-06
LMArena Expert1435#91 of 273, top 34%LMArena2026-10-08

Multimodal

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Vision1268#38 of 122, top 32%LMArena2026-10-09

Multilingual

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Non-English1427#63 of 297, top 22%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Chinese1469#74 of 285, top 26%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena French1451#68 of 223, top 31%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena German1454#40 of 231, top 18%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Japanese1427#35 of 211, top 17%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Korean1407#45 of 213, top 22%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Russian1443#51 of 283, top 19%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Spanish1442#63 of 226, top 28%LMArena2026-10-08

Instruction Following

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Instruction Following1420#75 of 298, top 26%LMArena2026-10-08

Long Context

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Longer Query1435#73 of 291, top 26%LMArena2026-10-08

Writing & Preference

BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Text1435#73 of 297, top 25%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Creative Writing1420#53 of 295, top 18%LMArena2026-10-08
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559#49 of 115, top 43%EQ-Bench
LMArena Multi-Turn1445#65 of 295, top 23%LMArena2026-10-08

API pricing by provider

RouteInput $/MOutput $/MCached input $/MChecked
google$0.30$2.50$0.032026-10-10
openrouter$0.30$2.50$0.032026-10-10
vertex$0.30$2.50$0.032026-10-10

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Frequently asked questions

How good is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite by Google ranks 133rd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 41.5. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 40th. API pricing starts at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens, with a 1.05M-token context window.

How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite cost?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens on Google's own API, with cached input at $0.03.

What is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts up to 1.05M tokens of input and can write up to 66K tokens in one response.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite open source?

No. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is proprietary and available only through Google's API and partner platforms.

What are Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite places best in writing & preference, multilingual, knowledge and lowest in math, agentic & tool use, reasoning.

What is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite best at?

Its best category is multimodal, where it ranks 40th on Noometry.