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Gemini 3.5 Flash-LitevsGPT-4o mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. GPT-4o mini is 3.7x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.5 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
3 – 0
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-4o mini
3.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 94.2446%
Google · OpenAI
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2026-07-21
textvisionaudio
GPT-4o mini
OpenAI · released 2024-07-18
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 2 only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · 3 only GPT-4o mini| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-4o mini | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% ↗epoch | 40.2% ↗ | +43.1 pt | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 26% ↗epoch | 0.7% ↗epoch | +25.3 pt | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 71.1% ↗epoch | 6.9% ↗epoch | +64.2 pt | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite reports · 2 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | 1435.5 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 0% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-4o mini reports · 3 | ||||
| MMLU | not reported | 82% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2024 | not reported | 8.6% ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 8.3% ↗epoch | — | — |
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 3.5 Flash-Lite minus GPT-4o mini 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
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-4o mini | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 128K tokens | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 16K tokens | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $0.15 ↗ | GPT-4o mini |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 ↗ | $0.6 ↗ | GPT-4o mini |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | $0.075 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2.8 | $0.75 | GPT-4o mini |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2024-07-18 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 5 | 7 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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