Gemini 3.1 Flash-Litevso4-mini
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | o4-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | $1.10 |
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 | $4.40 |
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 | $0.275 |
| 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% | 8% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | |
| Release date | Mar 3 2026 | Apr 16 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
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Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite leads o4-mini on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is cheaper on both input and output: $0.25 vs $1.10 per million input tokens, and $1.50 vs $4.40 per million output tokens. o4-mini shipped 321 days before Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
On BullshitBench v2, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite leads at 11% vs o4-mini at 8%.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite was released by Google on Mar 3 2026.
o4-mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is cheaper on both input and output: $0.25 vs $1.10 per million input tokens, and $1.50 vs $4.40 per million output tokens. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.