{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-5-flash-lite/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-5-flash-lite/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"gemini-3-5-flash-lite","name":"Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite","org":"Google DeepMind","family":"Gemini 3.5","released":"2026-07-21","status":"current","type":"llm","modality_in":["text","image","audio","video","pdf"],"modality_out":["text"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":1048576,"max_output":65536,"knowledge_cutoff":"2026-03","pricing":{"input":0.3,"output":2.5,"unit":"per 1M tokens (Standard tier)","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing"},"price_line":"$0.30 in, $2.50 out per 1M tokens","access":[{"provider":"Gemini API","model_id":"gemini-3.5-flash-lite","endpoint":"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.5-flash-lite:generateContent","docs":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-flash-lite"},{"provider":"OpenRouter","model_id":"google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite"},{"provider":"Web app","url":"https://gemini.google.com"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"High-throughput subagent model","detail":"~350 output tokens/s; optimized for subagent tasks and document processing at low cost.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/"},{"name":"Strong coding for a Lite tier","detail":"54% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 vs 31% for the previous Flash-Lite.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/"}],"entry":null,"notes":"Knowledge cutoff March 2026 per Google's model card (storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/Model-Cards/Gemini-3-5-Flash-Lite-Model-Card.pdf). Cheapest current Gemini text model; recommended replacement for 2.5 Flash/Flash-Lite and 3.1 Flash-Lite. Alias gemini-flash-lite-latest may point here (not verified).","verified":"2026-10-12","body_md":"Fast, low-cost multimodal model for classification, extraction, routing and subagents.\n\n```bash\ncurl \"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.5-flash-lite:generateContent\" \\\n  -H \"x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"contents\":[{\"parts\":[{\"text\":\"Classify: I love this product\"}]}]}'\n```\n\nSources: [model page](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-flash-lite), [pricing](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing), [launch blog](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/).","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-5-flash-lite/","events_after":1889,"major_after":433,"historic_after":85,"missing_at_launch":135,"events_since_release":null,"you_url":"https://postcutoff.com/you/gemini-3-5-flash-lite/","briefings":{"xs":"https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-xs.md","s":"https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-s.md","m":"https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-m.md","full":"https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03.md"}}