Analysis Summary
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is a low-cost Google configuration with text, image, file, audio, and video input, plus vision, tool use, and function calling. Its 1M-token context window is valuable for large-scale document and media processing, while the supplied pricing supports substantial routine traffic.
The configuration is suited to SEO metadata, classification, extraction, content repurposing, and simple multimodal automations. It should not be treated as a proven choice for difficult reasoning, advanced coding, or unsupervised client decisions because this batch variant has no separate benchmark record. Start with reversible tasks and automated checks, then expand usage only after measuring factuality, formatting compliance, and tool-call success.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite provides a 1M-token context, multimodal input, vision, tool use, and function calling at very low supplied pricing. This batch variant has no separate benchmark record, so it belongs on controlled volume workflows.
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DFO Verdict
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite provides a 1M-token context, multimodal input, vision, tool use, and function calling at very low supplied pricing. This batch variant has no separate benchmark record, so it belongs on controlled volume workflows.
How Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) compares
Its 1M-token context window is larger than 95% of the models we list. At $0.13 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 63% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.13 | $0.000125 |
| Output | $0.75 | $0.000750 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is Google’s GA high-efficiency multimodal model optimized for low-latency, high-volume workloads. It supports text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs, and is designed for lightweight agentic..
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Frequently asked questions about Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)
How much does Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) cost?
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) costs $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)?
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) has a context window of 1,048,576 tokens (1M).
What can Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) do?
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)?
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) is developed by Google and was released on May 7, 2026.
Data sourced from the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis, the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard and our own internal testing. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: August 10, 2026 8:38 pm