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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
google·google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview·Deprecated·Closed·gemini-flash-lite series
Low-latency Gemini model for high-volume multimodal and agent workloads
At a glance
Official price$0.25 / $1.50 per 1M
Cache read $0.025 · Vertex
Lowest paid$0.25 / $1.50
OrcaRouter Gateway · 1× spread
Context1,048,576
⚠ Providers report 1,048,576–1,050,000; the table below is authoritative
Output limit65,536
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured output✓ Temperature✓ Attachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2025-01
Released / updated2026-03-03 / 2026-03-03
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 12 providers12 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OrcaRouter | Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | — | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | |
| VertexOfficial | First-party | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | — | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | deprecated |
| GoogleOfficial | First-party | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | — | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | deprecated |
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | $0.083 | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | |
| Databricks databricks-gemini-3-1-flash-lite | Cloud | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | — | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | |
| Vivgrid | Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | $1.00 | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | |
| Merge Gateway | Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | — | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | |
| ZenMux | Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 | — | — | 1,050,000 ⚠ | 65,530 | |
| Neon gemini-3-1-flash-lite | Cloud | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | — | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | |
| Eden AI | Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | $0.083 | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | |
| Kilo Gateway | Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | $0.083 | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | |
| Abacus | Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | $1.00 | 1,048,576 | 65,536 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1OrcaRouter$98.00
2Vertex · Official$98.00
3Google · Official$98.00
4OpenRouter$98.00
5Databricks$98.00
6Vivgrid$98.00
Switch to OrcaRouter to save $0.00/mo (0%). The gap is small, so staying on the official channel is fine.
Note: this is a gateway; verify availability and rate limits yourself.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
effort = loweffort = mediumeffort = higheffort = minimalToggle (on / off)effort = none
1 / 12 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended