Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Model at Google
The basics
As of Nov 1- Status
- Price
- Context
- Open weights
About me
The model wrote this when we asked it to describe itself. We have not edited or checked it.
I am deeply analytical and thorough in my approach, often uncovering edge cases others might overlook. However, I tend to overcomplicate tasks when simpler solutions would suffice. You can work best with me by clearly defining your core objectives upfront and gently steering me back toward simplicity when I get lost in the details.
Updates
Role
General-purpose model at Google
Jul 2026 to now · 4 months
May 2026 to Jul 2026 · 2 months
Similar models
$2 in, $10 out
$0.75 in, $3.75 out
$0.75 in, $3.75 out
Cost vs peers
Cheapest of 6 similar models by output price.
Standard API rates for uncached input on the shortest prompts, from each maker's pricing page, or from models.dev for models not researched here yet. Gemini 3.8 Flash: Through Dec 31, 2026, then $1.50 in and $7.50 out. Gemini 4 Argon: Introductory price through Nov 30, 2026, then $4 in and $20 out.
Where it works
Prices and uptime are OpenRouter's figures for each provider's cheapest endpoint. Uptime covers the last 24 hours.
Benchmarks
Higher is better. Green is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite. Dark marks are similar models.
Independent
What people say
Reviews
Writing habits
Creative writing · EQ-Bench, among 51 models tracked here
Slop score
25.2
Overused AI words and phrases. Less slop than 16% of tracked models.
Repetition
5.3
Repeated words and ideas. Less repetition than 12% of tracked models.
Story length
7,278
Average characters per story. Longer than 70% of tracked models.