Comparing 2 models

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric
Model 1Gemini 3.5 Flash
Model 2Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Best for
Best Cheap LLM for High Volume (#2)
OCR & Documents (#2)
Provider
google
google
Context
1.0MBest
1.0MBest
Input / 1M
$1.50
$0.30Best
Output / 1M
$9
$2.50Best
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
yesBest
Reasoning
yesBest
yesBest
Open-weight
Released
May 19, 2026
Jul 9, 2026