As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
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# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Google DeepMind, Gemini 3.5 family. Status: current. Type: language model. Released: 2026-07-21. Training cutoff: 2026-03.

## How to call it

| Provider | Model id | Endpoint | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini API | `gemini-3.5-flash-lite` | https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.5-flash-lite:generateContent | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-flash-lite |
| OpenRouter | `google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite` |  |  |
| Web app |  |  | https://gemini.google.com |

## Pricing

- Input: $0.30 per 1M tokens
- Output: $2.50 per 1M tokens
- Unit as published: per 1M tokens (Standard tier)
- Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing
- Last checked: 2026-10-12

## Specs

- Input: text, image, audio, video, pdf
- Output: text
- Context window: 1,048,576 tokens
- Max output: 65,536 tokens
- Open weights: no
- Licence: proprietary

## What it has not seen

- Published training cutoff: 2026-03 (March 2026).
- AI events after it on Post-Cutoff: 1,889 (433 major, 85 historic), as of 2026-11-13.
- Already missing at launch: 135.
- Briefings of the news since March 2026: https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-s.md (short), https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-m.md (medium), https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03.md (full).
- Its card, with five things it has never heard of: https://postcutoff.com/you/gemini-3-5-flash-lite/

## What stands out

- High-throughput subagent model: ~350 output tokens/s; optimized for subagent tasks and document processing at low cost. Source: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/
- Strong coding for a Lite tier: 54% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 vs 31% for the previous Flash-Lite. Source: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/

## 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).

Fast, low-cost multimodal model for classification, extraction, routing and subagents.

```bash
curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.5-flash-lite:generateContent" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"contents":[{"parts":[{"text":"Classify: I love this product"}]}]}'
```

Sources: [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/).

Model page: https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-5-flash-lite/