Gemini 3.1 Flash-LitevsLLaMA 4 Scout
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | LLaMA 4 Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | $0.25 | — |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | $1.50 | — |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | $0.025 | — |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | — | $0.10DeepInfra |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | — | $0.30DeepInfra |
| Benchmarks | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 11% | 19% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Meta | |
| Release date | Mar 3 2026 | Apr 5 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
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Frequently asked questions
LLaMA 4 Scout leads Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). Only Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has a verified first-party API price: $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for LLaMA 4 Scout. LLaMA 4 Scout shipped 332 days before Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is proprietary, while LLaMA 4 Scout is open weight.
On BullshitBench v2, LLaMA 4 Scout leads at 19% vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite at 11%.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite was released by Google on Mar 3 2026.
LLaMA 4 Scout was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has a verified first-party API price: $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for LLaMA 4 Scout. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is a proprietary model released by Google. LLaMA 4 Scout is an open weight model released by Meta.