Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

Google audiochatreasoningtool_usevideovision Long

API ID: google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-20260507

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Input Price
$0.28
/1M tokens
Output Price
$1.65
/1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.03
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About Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is a budget-friendly general-purpose model from Google with ultra-long context (1.0M), suitable for conversations, content creation, and general AI tasks.

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Price Ranking
#20 lowest price among 47 Audio models

Model Specifications

Context Length
1.0M
Max Output
66k
Release Date
2026-05-07
Capabilities
audio chat reasoning tool_use video vision
Input Modalities
textimagevideofileaudio
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.62
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$18.98
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$25.99
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite API

Google AI Python SDK 
import google.generativeai as genai

genai.configure(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
model = genai.GenerativeModel("gemini-3.1-flash-lite-20260507")

response = model.generate_content("Hello!")
print(response.text)

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