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Gemini 3.1 Flash-LitevsSonar Deep Research

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Sonar Deep Research do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is 5.7x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
5.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Google · Perplexity
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2026-03-03
textvisionaudio
Context
1.0M
Max out
66K
Input /1M
$0.25
Output /1M
$1.5
Cached /1M
$0.025
Scores
10 · 5 core
Sonar Deep Research
Perplexity · released 2025-02-14
text
Context
128K
Max out
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$8
Cached /1M
Scores
6 · 0 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteSonar Deep ResearchΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite reports · 9
GPQA Diamond86.9% not reported
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)16% not reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)27.7% epochnot reported
LiveCodeBench72% not reported
MMMLU88.9% not reported
MMMU-Pro76.8% not reported
MRCR v2 (128k average)60.1% not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)80% epochnot reported
SimpleQA Verified43.3% not reported
Only Sonar Deep Research reports · 6
DRACO Breadth & Depth (Opus 4.6 base)not reported73.1%
DRACO Citation Quality (Opus 4.6 base)not reported64.6%
DRACO Factual Accuracy (Opus 4.6 base)not reported67.9%
DRACO Normalized Score (Opus 4.6 base)not reported70.5%
DRACO Pass Rate (Opus 4.6 base)not reported72.8%
DRACO Presentation Quality (Opus 4.6 base)not reported90.3%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite minus Sonar Deep Research in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteSonar Deep ResearchEdge
Context window1.0M tokens128K tokensGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Max output66K tokens
Input price / 1M$0.25 $2 Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Output price / 1M$1.5 $8 Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Cached input / 1M$0.025
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$1.75$10Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Modalitiestext · vision · audiotextGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Released2026-03-032025-02-14
Cited benchmark scores106
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