Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite API

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is Google's most cost-efficient GA model, optimized for high-volume agentic tasks, translation and simple data processing, with multimodal text, image, video and audio input.

Modalities
Audio, Image, Text, VideoAudio, Text
In / Out price
$0.3/$2.5per 1M
Context window
1.05M tokens
Released
Jul 21, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite overview

The pelican test: one prompt, every text model, unedited SVG output from Nov 3, 2026.

SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle, written by Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite through AI/ML API

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite specs

Model ID
google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite
Developer
Google
Context window
1,048,576 tokens
Max output
65,536 tokens
Input
Audio, Image, Text, Video
Output
Audio, Text
API
OpenAI-compatible, base URL https://api.aimlapi.com/v1

What is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite API?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is Google's most cost-efficient GA model, optimized for high-volume agentic tasks, translation and simple data processing, with multimodal text, image, video and audio input.

Use cases

Use Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite for high-volume, latency-sensitive tasks such as translation and document processing.

It is documented as suited to agentic workflows, including subagent tasks and lightweight autonomous workflows that need fast inference at minimal cost.

It is also suited to coding-related work, including simple coding tasks and code-generation workflows.

For multimodal workloads, it is described as useful for complex video reasoning and receipt translation and summarization at scale.

Capabilities

  • Reasoning
  • Streaming
  • Structured outputs
  • Function calling
  • Vision

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite benchmarks by Artificial Analysis

See how Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite compares in intelligence, generation speed, cost per task and latency. Data retrieved Nov 3, 2026.

Intelligence

Index v5.0

Speed

Output tokens / second

Cost per task

USD / benchmark task

Benchmark results

Compare 6 models available on AI/ML API across 5 independent benchmarks.

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Expert-written questions across academic subjects.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite API pricing

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite pricing in US dollars
UsagePriceUnit
Input$0.31M tokens
Output$2.51M tokens
Cached input$0.031M tokens

Prices from the AI/ML API price list, checked on Nov 4, 2026.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs other models: token prices

AI/ML API input and output rates for 5 models, per million tokens.

AI/ML API model prices in USD per million tokens
ModelInputOutput
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$0.3$2.5
Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.75$3.75
Gemini 3.7 Flash$0.75$3.75
Gemini 3.6 Flash$1.5$7.5
Gemini 4 Argon$2$10

How to use the Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite API

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Build with your agent

Give your agent the model details, code and documentation.

1Get your API key

Create API key
export AIMLAPI_KEY="8f2b4c7d9a1e6b3f…"

2Make your first request

curl 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "model": "google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
    }
  ]
}'

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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite FAQ

What is the context window of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has a 1,048,576 tokens context window and can return up to 65,536 tokens.

What inputs and outputs does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite support?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes audio, image, text, video as input and returns audio, text.

What is the model ID for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Use google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

When was Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite released?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite became available on July 21, 2026.

How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite cost?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.3 input and $2.5 output per 1M tokens on AI/ML API, billed as you go with no subscription.

Does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite support streaming?

Yes, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite can stream responses as they are generated.

Can Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite read images?

Yes, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts image input alongside text.

Who created Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite was built by Google.

When is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite the right choice?

It suits high-volume agentic tasks, translation, and simple data processing where cost efficiency matters.

How does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite compare to Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Not enough information to compare these two models.

Start building with Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite API

google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite

Build with your agent

Give your agent the model details, code and documentation.

1Get your API key

Create API key
export AIMLAPI_KEY="8f2b4c7d9a1e6b3f…"

2Make your first request

curl 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "model": "google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
    }
  ]
}'