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Tier B — Production
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Google Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Tier B — Production · 1.048576M tokens

Tokonomix Editorial Team·Reviewed by Mes Kalkan··
Section 01

Speed analysis

Latency measured across all benchmark runs. P50 (median) and P95 (95th percentile) give a realistic picture of response speed under normal and peak load.

P50 latency (median)P95 latency44 runs
31069510791464184809-3010-11ms
Section 02

Quality scores

How this model compares to the rest of the field on each prompt category, from a pairwise fit over the same prompts. The raw judge score sits underneath each number.

85%
Coding
judge mean 100
85%
Factual
judge mean 73

Win rate per category: how often this model beats a field-average model on a prompt from that category. 50% is average, not a failing grade. It is not a percentage of correct answers.

Section 03

Pricing

What you pay per million tokens when you use this model on Tokonomix, plus an estimate for a typical conversation.

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API rates — Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
$0.4500 per 1M input tokens
$3.74 per 1M output tokens
≈ $0.0010 per typical conversation (800 tokens)
Input vs output price (per 1M tokens)
per 1M input tokens$0.4500
per 1M output tokens$3.74
Section 04

Tokens per second

Throughput in tokens per second, derived from measured P50 latency. Higher is better; fluctuations track provider-side load.

Throughput (tokens / s)580 / avg 373
638180

Estimated from P50 latency × 200 output tokens — the absolute number depends on this assumption; the trend is what matters.

Section 05

Capabilities

toolssource: seed-newest-generation-2026-09-30visionjson modepdf inputreasoningaudio inputjson schemaparallel toolsprompt cachingoutputTokenLimit: 65536max output tokens: 65536
Section 06

Availability

Availability

How often this model answers when we call it — measured across real API requests and live tests over the last 30 days. This is separate from quality: these numbers only tell you whether the model responds, not how good the answer is.

Last 7 days

—

Last 30 days

100.0%

n=1

Median response time

833ms

n=1

Based on 137 measurements over the last 30 days.

Technical details

Only live API calls and live-test requests count — internal probes and benchmark runs are excluded.

Calls with a custom API key (BYOK) are excluded: those failures are key-specific, not a sign of model downtime.

Failed calls are NOT included in quality scores — quality is measured on successful responses only. Availability and quality are independent signals.

Median response time (p50) across successful calls with a recorded duration. Outliers (very slow or very fast calls) pull the median less than the average.

Total calls (30d)

1

OK responses (30d)

1

Total calls (7d)

0

OK responses (7d)

0

Section 07

Tokonomix benchmark verdicts

⚖️
Endorsed by 1 judge
Independent LLM judges evaluated this model on our weekly intelligence tests
claude-sonnet-4-580/100 · 4 runs
3 correct0 partial1 wrong75% accuracy
● 2026-10-04

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite debuts with strong multimodal support

Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite enters the benchmark as a capable multimodal model with comprehensive feature support. The model demonstrates solid performance across core capabilities, including native support for tools, vision, audio input, PDF processing, and structured output via JSON mode and schema validation. Parallel tool calling is available for efficient multi-step operations. The model includes reasoning capabilities and prompt caching for optimized repeated interactions. As a first-generation entry in our benchmark window, Flash-Lite positions itself as a versatile option for developers requiring multimodal processing with structured outputs. The model's feature set suggests it targets applications involving document understanding, audio transcription, visual analysis, and agentic workflows where tool use is essential. With its comprehensive capability profile established in this baseline window, future benchmarks will track how performance metrics evolve and whether the model maintains feature parity as Google continues development. Users should evaluate whether the current multimodal features align with their specific use cases, particularly for applications requiring PDF understanding or audio processing alongside traditional text tasks.

Quality

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Latency p50

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Test runs

0

✓ Comprehensive multimodal support launched✓ Tool calling with parallel execution✓ PDF and audio input available✓ Structured output with JSON schema
Last automated test
Oct 11, 2026 · 02:02 UTC · Speed benchmark
P50 latency
345 ms
P95 latency
374 ms
Errors
0 / 6 runs
Last reviewed by Tokonomix Team·October 11, 2026