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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

Current board #32Arena #59API only7d #32 → #32

Google·google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is ModelCap current-board rank #32 with Index 70.0 (Measured), from the ModelCap Index as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite listed OpenRouter input price is $0.30 per 1M tokens and listed output price is $2.50 per 1M tokens, from OpenRouter listed prices as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a published context limit of 1M tokens in the ModelCap catalogue as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 8 published OpenRouter serving endpoints, from OpenRouter as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite weight access is api only, from ModelCap classification of published repository metadata as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Snapshot facts · download the public dataset · methodology

ModelCap Index · Current board
70.0#32
Measured · 88% support · score interval 64.2–75.8
Evidence as of 21 Sept 2026, 17:21 UTC
Market Gravity
47.4
Secondary market signal
Input
$0.30
per 1M tokens
Output
$2.50
per 1M tokens
Context
1M
tokens
Providers
8
endpoints
Gateway spend
latest · Vercel share

Providers

Uptime measured over the last 30 minutes
ProviderInputOutputContextQuantUptime
Googleglobal/flexCheapest$0.15$1.251M97.89%
Google AI Studioflex$0.15$1.251M100.0%
Google AI Studio$0.30$2.501M100.0%
Googleglobal$0.30$2.501M99.56%
Googleeu$0.33$2.751M
Googleus$0.33$2.751M
Googleglobal/priority$0.54$4.501M100.0%
Google AI Studiopriority$0.54$4.501M99.87%

Reasoning efforts

Best supported result can inform ModelCap

Published Max, X-High, High and other configurations for this model. These are sourced scores, not head-to-head essays.

EffortAgent scoreSource rankSampleSource
Default
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
-15.35%
CI -16.7-14.0%
#45670K obs
23K sessions
LMArena Agent
Match 100%

Other versions (3)

ModelCap Index · Current board

Methodology
70.0
Measured · 5 public benchmark observations across 5 boards
Current board
#32
Public rank basis
Measured (measured)
Index support
87.8% · strong
Index interval
64.2–75.8
Rank posterior
Not available
Top 5 / Top 10 probability
Not available / Not available
Posterior as of
Snapshot timestamp unavailable
Evidence as of
21 Sept 2026, 17:21 UTC
Identity binding
Exact catalogue product · google/google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed
Index observations used
5
Qualified Index evidence point
70.0
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only

BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.

Observed capability
70.0
Evidence status
confirmed · 96% mass
General preference
71.9
Coding
72.5
Agents & tools
14.6
Reasoning
34.1
Evidence breadth
100%
Evidence coverage
88%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
30.3
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
77.0
Open reach (HF downloads)
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
100.0
Freshness
78.8
  • · OpenRouter popularity #56
  • · 2 live providers
  • · Catalogue: context 1048576, reasoning, tools, modalities Text/Image/Video/File/Audio
  • · First seen 2026-07-21

These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.

BES evidence selected · measured input only

The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.

Deployment readiness

Metadata index
50.9
partial · 56% metadata coverage
Not capability
Artifact reproducibility
0.0
Access & legal clarity
30.3
Deployability
89.8
Evaluation provenance
89.7

Missing: artifactReproducibility.revision-sha, artifactReproducibility.architecture-and-model-type, artifactReproducibility.parameter-count, artifactReproducibility.serialized-weight-format, artifactReproducibility.base-lineage, accessLegalClarity.declared-license, accessLegalClarity.resolvable-license-terms, evaluationProvenance.evaluation-dataset-revisions.

A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.

Market activity

Venue coverage
Market Gravity
47.4
OpenRouter weekly popularity
#56 of 322
Vercel request share · 7d
3.18%
Venue data through
2026-09-22

Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.

Arena preference

Status
Ranked
Source
LMArena
Official rank
#59 of 402
Rating
1455.9
95% confidence interval
1451–1461
Votes
26K
Source published at
13 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC
Category
overall
Identity match confidence
100%

Market Gravity breakdown

Usage55%
30.3

OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.

Liquidity25%
77.0

Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.

Open reach15%
50.0

Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.

Freshness5%
78.8

Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.

Specification

Context window
1M tokens
Max output
66K tokens
Inputs
Text, Image, Video, File, Audio
Outputs
Text
Tokenizer
Gemini
Cached input tokens
$0.03 / 1M
First seen on OpenRouter
21 Jul 2026

Capabilities

  • Supported: Reasoning
  • Supported: Tool use
  • Supported: Structured output
  • Supported: Response format
  • Not supported: Moderated

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Public benchmark boards on which Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a published result
LeaderboardScoreSource rankConfigurationPublished
Arena coding leaderboardArena (LMArena)15041496–1512#58 of 397Default13 Sept 2026
LMArena Agent leaderboardLMArena-15.3%-16.7%–-14.0%#45 of 46Default15 Sept 2026
ARC-AGI-2 leaderboardARC Prize Foundation10.3%#110 of 214High21 Sept 2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis22.2#97 of 151intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecified19 Sept 2026
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Artificial Analysis18.8%#190 of 615hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite":reasoning=true5 Sept 2026

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Models within 3 places of #32 on the ModelCap Index.

Cheaper at a similar or higher Index

Index score within 3 points of, or above, this model's, with a lower listed blended price (3:1 input:output).

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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: common questions

How does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite rank among AI models?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite holds ModelCap Index position #32 of 248 ranked language models as of 22 September 2026, with an Index score of 70.0 (interval 64.2–75.8); evidence: measured. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.

How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite cost per 1M tokens?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is listed at $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens as of 22 September 2026; the lowest output price among 2 providers is $1.25 on Google. Prices come from the OpenRouter catalogue and re-observe on every refresh. For 1,000 requests using 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, the listed rates imply $1.85 total (2M input + 0.5M output). This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the chosen endpoint's rate and limits before budgeting.

What is the context window of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a published context window of 1M tokens (1,048,576) and a maximum output of 66K tokens. Individual providers can serve less than the published maximum; the providers table lists each endpoint's own limit.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite open-weight?

API only. No downloadable model weights are linked in the current source data; access is through a hosted API or product.

Which API providers serve Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

2 providers serve Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite through OpenRouter as of 22 September 2026: Google and Google AI Studio. Each provider's price, context limit, quantization and measured uptime are in the providers table above.

Which benchmarks has Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite been evaluated on?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has published results on 5 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 22 September 2026: Arena coding 1504 (#58 of 397), LMArena Agent -15.3% (#45 of 46), ARC-AGI-2 10.3% (#110 of 214), AA Intelligence Index 22.2 (#97 of 151) and AA Humanity's Last Exam 18.8% (#190 of 615). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark; the ModelCap Index combines them with published uncertainty.

How does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite compare with K2 Horizon 375B A23B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite ranks #32 (Index 70.0) and K2 Horizon 375B A23B ranks #31 (Index 70.1) on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.

When was Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite released?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite first appeared in the catalogue on 21 Jul 2026. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.