Model details
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is positioned as the generally available efficiency tier of the Gemini 3.1 generation, building on the lineage established by 2.5 Flash Lite with targeted improvements in reasoning, multimodal understanding, agentic tool use, and long-context behavior. It accepts text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs and is described as a low-latency, cost-effective multimodal model aimed at high-volume, lightweight tasks such as simple data extraction and frequent API calls where speed and price outweigh the need for deeper deliberation.
For developers, the model exposes four configurable thinking levels so teams can trade depth of reasoning against response latency on a per-request basis, and it operates within a roughly one-million-token context window that supports long-document and multi-turn agentic workflows. Capability coverage surfaced for the model includes reasoning, tool use, implicit caching, file input handling, vision and image understanding, and web search, making it a practical fit for retrieval-augmented assistants and pipeline-style automation. Together, these traits make Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite best suited to production scenarios where consistent throughput and predictable cost matter more than frontier reasoning quality.
Transparent token rates
Rates are shown per one million tokens. Combined means one million input plus one million output tokens.
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This article does not discuss Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. The supplied excerpt exclusively covers Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. Because the candidate page does not explicitly name the exact "Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite" variant, it fails the exact-version requirement. Rejected. The candidate fails the exact-version test. No summary paragraphs are written for this candidate because it cannot be accepted.
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This article does not discuss Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. The excerpt only references Gemini 3.5 Pro, Gemini 3.6 Flash, and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite. None of the supplied evidence names the exact "Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite" variant. Because the candidate page does not explicitly name the exact model version that is the subject, it The candidate fails the model-focused, exact-version test. No summary paragraphs are written for this candidate because it cannot be accepted.
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This is a Gemini family release-timeline companion article. The supplied excerpt covers the broad Gemini lineage from 1.0 through 3.5/3.6 models, but does not contain page evidence explicitly discussing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite's release, pricing, or capabilities. The excerpt is general/timeline-level and does not name th The candidate fails the exact-version requirement. No summary paragraphs are written for this candidate because it cannot be accepted.
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On May 7, 2026, Google announced the general availability of Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, describing it as the fastest and most cost-efficient model in the Gemini 3 series. The announcement, authored by Gemini Enterprise VP of Product Management Michael Gerstenhaber, positions the GA m The post highlights enterprise adoption, quoting JetBrains' Director of AI Vladislav Tankov on real-time developer support and noting that Gladly uses Flash-Lite to handle millions of weekly customer interactions across SMS, WhatsApp, and Instagram, reportedly achieving roughly 60% lower costs than comparable thinking-
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