Model Details
Released
Jul 21, 2026
Context Length
1,048,576
Max Output
65,536
Where is gemini-3.5-flash-lite a perfect fit?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is Google's fastest and lowest-cost model in the Gemini 3.5 family, optimized for high-throughput execution, subagent tasks, document parsing, and workloads where latency and API cost are major constraints.
- High-volume document parsing, extraction, and structured JSON generation
- Autonomous subagents handling inexpensive portions of larger agentic workflows
- Classification, routing, tagging, summarization, and data transformation at scale
- Multimodal processing across text, images, video, audio, and PDFs
- Computer-use agents performing UI automation
- Function calling, code execution, search, and tool-driven workflows
- High-throughput applications where latency and cost matter more than maximum reasoning depth
- Migration from Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Gemini 2.5 Flash when stronger reasoning and multimodal performance are useful
- High-volume document parsing, extraction, and structured JSON generation
- Autonomous subagents handling inexpensive portions of larger agentic workflows
- Classification, routing, tagging, summarization, and data transformation at scale
- Multimodal processing across text, images, video, audio, and PDFs
- Computer-use agents performing UI automation
- Function calling, code execution, search, and tool-driven workflows
- High-throughput applications where latency and cost matter more than maximum reasoning depth
- Migration from Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Gemini 2.5 Flash when stronger reasoning and multimodal performance are useful
Quick Model Estimate
Your GPT-5 Cost Estimate
💰 Total Cost
USD 3.00
for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens
📥 Input (1000 × $0.300000)
USD 1.5000
📤 Output (1000 × $2.500000)
USD 1.5000
Cost Breakdown
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FAQs about gemini-3.5-flash-lite
How much does gemini-3.5-flash-lite cost per 1M tokens?
gemini-3.5-flash-lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens, and $2.50 per million output tokens.
What does a typical workload cost with gemini-3.5-flash-lite?
1,000 requests of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each — 2,000,000 input and 500,000 output tokens in total — costs $1.85 with gemini-3.5-flash-lite at its lowest rates. Use the calculator on this page for your own volumes.
Where can I use gemini-3.5-flash-lite?
gemini-3.5-flash-lite is available through Perplexity, from $0.30 per million input tokens.
What is gemini-3.5-flash-lite's context window?
gemini-3.5-flash-lite has a context window of 1,048,576 tokens, and returns up to 65,536 tokens in a single response.