Data points: 124
Model compare
The readout for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemini 3.6 Flash, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Gemini 3.6 Flash. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 3.3 to 96.7.
Evidence depth
124 data points
Includes 31 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 8 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Gemini 3.6 Flash
The charts below split 39 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemini 3.6 Flash: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 3.3 pts | 96.7 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 5 categories |
| Operational advantages | No data | Cheapest input price, Provider coverage |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Max output | 65.5K tokens | 65.5K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImagevideoFileAudio Output Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | ||
| Released | Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Gemini | Gemini |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite | google/gemini-3.6-flash |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Gemini 3.6 Flash: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite does not clearly lead in the benchmark or operational dimensions shared by both models.
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge, Multimodal) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Provider coverage).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
48
Avg. score
Gemini 3.6 Flash
55.8
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 11.8
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 8.3
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 7.5
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
61.0
Rank #33/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner70.0
Rank #17/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
winner396.3 tok/s
Rank #3/73 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
247.7 tok/s
Rank #10/73 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
winner7.29 s
Rank #31/73 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
12.86 s
Rank #40/73 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
winner7.29 s
Rank #60/73 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
12.86 s
Rank #64/73 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
winner$0.300/M
Rank #47/169 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
$1.50/M
Rank #122/169 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
winner$0.850/M
Rank #68/169 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
$3.00/M
Rank #117/169 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
winner$2.50/M
Rank #76/169 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
$7.50/M
Rank #116/169 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
83.8%
Rank #59/194 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner92.8%
Rank #8/194 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
17.5%
Rank #69/193 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner38.3%
Rank #18/193 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
62.0
Rank #60/94 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner69.7
Rank #21/94 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
36.0
Rank #65/71 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner62.3
Rank #14/71 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
49.3
Rank #37/64 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner69.2
Rank #15/64 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
40.9%
Rank #63/191 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner52.7%
Rank #15/191 · confidence 4
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
40.9
Rank #57/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner52.7
Rank #19/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
6.9
Rank #20/34 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner23.5
Rank #7/34 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
83.8
Rank #57/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner92.8
Rank #8/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
30.3
Rank #47/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner50.2
Rank #10/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
36.5
Rank #47/104 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner50.1
Rank #16/104 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
17.5
Rank #62/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner38.3
Rank #17/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
61.8
Rank #42/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner70.9
Rank #28/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
33.5
Rank #85/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner53.5
Rank #64/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
79.0
Rank #13/61 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner83.2
Rank #4/61 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
64.1
Rank #25/40 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner75.1
Rank #11/40 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
74.0
Rank #10/24 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner83.0
Rank #3/24 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
32.7
Rank #14/14 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner51.1
Rank #4/14 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
636.0
Rank #17/18 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner964.0
Rank #10/18 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
16.5
Rank #16/17 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner24.5
Rank #13/17 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
52.6
Rank #37/59 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner82.7
Rank #13/59 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
1139.0
Rank #31/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner1423.0
Rank #13/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
31.9
Rank #31/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner46.2
Rank #13/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
26.8
Rank #32/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Gemini 3.6 Flash
winner38.7
Rank #14/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
0 tests | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Gemini 3.6 Flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Gemini 3.6 Flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Gemini 3.6 Flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Gemini 3.6 Flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Gemini 3.6 Flash speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite gemini-3.5-flash-lite speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | |
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite gemini-3.5-flash-lite speed / latency No data input / output $0.021/M/$0.171/M | Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash speed / latency No data input / output $0.103/M | |
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite gemini-3.5-flash-lite speed / latency No data input / output $0.050/M/$0.200/M | Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash speed / latency No data input / output $1.00/M |
Weighted outcome: Gemini 3.6 Flash. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Input TextImagevideoFileAudio Output Text |
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputAudio inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputFile inputAudio inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
|---|
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 5.7
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Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 5.9
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