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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

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Gemini 3.1 Pro

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Gemini 3.1 Pro is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 54.2% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is 25.7x cheaper to run and delivers 2.6x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Gemini 3.1 Pro fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
62.5%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)25.7x cheaper
$0.17Input: $0.10 | Output: $0.40
Speed2.6x faster
280 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
Model Specs

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+)
54.2%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+31.8%)
94.3%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$4.50Input: $2.00 | Output: $12.00
Speed
109 tps
Context Window
1M tokens

Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Pro. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has a blended cost of $0.17/1M tokens, which is about 25.7x cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Pro at $4.50/1M tokens.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is faster than Gemini 3.1 Pro. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite generates 280 tokens per second (tps) compared to Gemini 3.1 Pro which generates 109 tokens per second.

Gemini 3.1 Pro is better for coding tasks. It scores 54.2% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite which scores N/A.

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