Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

by Google

google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview
Input
$0.35/1M tokens
Output
$2.10/1M tokens
Context
1Mtokens
Max output
66Ktokens
Knows to
-
Released
3 Mar 2026

About

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is Google's high-efficiency model optimized for high-volume use cases.

Pricing

Input$0.35per 1M prompt tokens
Output$2.10per 1M generated tokens, reasoning included
Cached input$0.03per 1M tokens read back from the prompt cache
Cache write$0.12per 1M tokens written to the prompt cache
Web search$0.020per request that uses the provider’s built-in search

What a request costs

Typical requestEachPer 1,000
Short chat reply1,500 in · 400 out$0.0014$1.36
Question over a long document40,000 in · 800 out$0.016$15.68
Agent tool step20,000 in · 1,200 out$0.0095$9.52

At the developer-API rate, before any provider promotion or prompt-cache saving. In the app, the model picker shows what a message costs on your plan before you send it.

Benchmarks

Intelligence15.6#169 of 285
Coding34.7#114 of 163
Agentic1.6#102 of 127

Head-to-head rankings

  1. #31ASCII artModel arenaElo 116951% wins
  2. #72SVGModel arenaElo 105243% wins
  3. #100UI componentsModel arenaElo 107138% wins
  4. #1033DModel arenaElo 104939% wins
  5. #106CodeModel arenaElo 107437% wins
  6. #108Data vizModel arenaElo 104633% wins
  7. #108WebsitesModel arenaElo 108437% wins
  8. #112Game devModel arenaElo 103234% wins

Scores from Artificial Analysis; bars are scaled to the best model on our list. Rankings from Design Arena head-to-head votes. Published by OpenRouter alongside its catalogue.

Call it from code

OpenAI-compatible: point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.privateer.pro/v1 and set model. Keys are created in the app under Settings.

cURL
curl https://api.privateer.pro/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRIVATEER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }],
    "reasoning": { "effort": "medium" }
  }'
Python
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["PRIVATEER_API_KEY"],
)
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.PRIVATEER_API_KEY,
});
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

Parameters this model accepts

include_reasoningmax_tokensreasoningreasoning_effortresponse_formatseedstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_p

API reference → · How API billing works →

Prices are USD at the developer-API rate, as of 16 Oct 2026, rebuilt daily from the providers’ live catalogues. ← All models