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Data points: 102

Model compare

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs GPT-5.1

The readout for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and GPT-5.1, before the detailed comparison sheet.

Model A

Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Google

Contender
vs

Model B

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

OpenAI

Leading

Key Takeaways

Weighted outcome: GPT-5.1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Decision read

GPT-5.1

GPT-5.1 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 0 to 100.

Evidence depth

102 data points

Includes 20 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 8 provider examples.

Selection signal

Start with GPT-5.1

The charts below split 28 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.

Change comparison

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On this page

Comparison sheetWhen to choose each modelBenchmark score comparisonAPI audit comparisonProvider examplesFAQ

Comparison sheet

This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and GPT-5.1: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Model compare
GeminiGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
OpenAIGPT-5.1
Overall leaderContenderLeading
Weighted overall score0.0 pts100.0 pts
Benchmark category leads0 categories4 categories
Operational advantagesNo dataCheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage
Context window1.0M tokens400K tokens
Max output65.5K tokens128K tokens
Modalities

Input

TextImagevideoFileAudio

Output

Text

Input

ImageTextFile

Output

Text
Features
Text inputImage inputFile inputAudio inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning
Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning

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 metadata

Model compare
GeminiGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
OpenAIGPT-5.1
DeveloperGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedJul 2026Nov 2025
ParametersNo dataNo data
TokenizerGeminiGPT
Knowledge cutoffNo dataNo data
OpenRouter IDgoogle/gemini-3.5-flash-liteopenai/gpt-5.1
ReferencesNo dataNo data

When to choose each model

This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and GPT-5.1: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite does not clearly lead in the benchmark or operational dimensions shared by both models.

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

GPT-5.1 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage).

Benchmark score comparison

Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.

Category performance

Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.

Model A coverage
5 / 8
Model B coverage
6 / 8
Shared
4 shared categories

Avg. score

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

48

Avg. score

GPT-5.1

52

Agents

GPT-5.1 leads by 5.7

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite42.3
GPT-5.148

Coding

GPT-5.1 leads by 1.2

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite48
GPT-5.149.2

Reasoning

GPT-5.1 leads by 1.1

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite51.6
GPT-5.152.7

Knowledge

GPT-5.1 leads by 1.7

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite52.2
GPT-5.153.9

Math

GPT-5.1

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite-
GPT-5.154

Multilingual

No data

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite-
GPT-5.1-

Multimodal

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite45.7
GPT-5.1-

Instruction following

GPT-5.1

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite-
GPT-5.153.9

Professional benchmark details

Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.

Aggregatereported

BenchLM overall score

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

winner

61.0

Rank #33/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+5.0

GPT-5.1

56.0

Rank #47/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Pricingverified

Input price

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

winner

$0.300/M

Rank #47/169 · confidence 4

+$0.950/M

GPT-5.1

$1.25/M

Rank #110/169 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Blended price

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

winner

$0.850/M

Rank #68/169 · confidence 4

+$2.59/M

GPT-5.1

$3.44/M

Rank #123/169 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Output price

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

winner

$2.50/M

Rank #76/169 · confidence 4

+$7.50/M

GPT-5.1

$10.00/M

Rank #126/169 · confidence 4

Reasoningreported

AA-LCR

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

62.0

Rank #60/94 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+13.0

GPT-5.1

winner

75.0

Rank #3/94 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Reasoningverified

GPQA

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

83.8%

Rank #59/194 · confidence 4

+3.5%

GPT-5.1

winner

87.3%

Rank #36/194 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

HLE

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

17.5%

Rank #69/193 · confidence 4

+9.0%

GPT-5.1

winner

26.5%

Rank #45/193 · confidence 4

Codingreported

AA Coding Index

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

49.3

Rank #37/64 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+0.1

GPT-5.1

winner

49.4

Rank #36/64 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Codingverified

SciCode

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

40.9%

Rank #63/191 · confidence 4

+2.4%

GPT-5.1

winner

43.3%

Rank #46/191 · confidence 4

Codingreported

AA-SciCode

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

40.9

Rank #57/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+2.4

GPT-5.1

winner

43.3

Rank #49/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Knowledgereported

AA-Omniscience Index

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

winner

6.9

Rank #20/34 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+1.3

GPT-5.1

5.6

Rank #23/34 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Knowledgereported

AA-Omniscience Accuracy

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

30.3

Rank #47/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+7.3

GPT-5.1

winner

37.6

Rank #35/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Knowledgereported

AA-GPQA Diamond

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

83.8

Rank #57/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+3.5

GPT-5.1

winner

87.3

Rank #39/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Knowledgereported

AA-HLE

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

17.5

Rank #62/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+9.0

GPT-5.1

winner

26.5

Rank #43/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Knowledgereported

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

36.5

Rank #47/104 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+0.4

GPT-5.1

winner

36.9

Rank #46/104 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Knowledgereported

AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

33.5

Rank #85/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+17.8

GPT-5.1

winner

51.3

Rank #67/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Multimodalreported

AA-MMMU-Pro

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

winner

79.0

Rank #13/61 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+3.5

GPT-5.1

75.5

Rank #26/61 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Agentsreported

GDPval-AA

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

winner

1139.0

Rank #31/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+151.0

GPT-5.1

988.0

Rank #40/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Agentsreported

GDPval-AA

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

winner

31.9

Rank #31/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+7.5

GPT-5.1

24.4

Rank #40/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

Agentsreported

AA Agentic Index

SourceGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

winner

26.8

Rank #32/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+5.8

GPT-5.1

21.0

Rank #41/60 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

API audit comparison

Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.

Provider
GeminiGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
OpenAIGPT-5.1
No completed audits are available from shared providers yet.

Provider examples

Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.

Provider
GeminiGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
OpenAIGPT-5.1
N1N5 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

96 tok/s / 1862ms

input / output

No data

AAAI0 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

CaMeL AI0 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

DeepKey API0 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

DuckCoding0 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

兔子API
Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

gemini-3.5-flash-lite

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

gpt-5.1

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

Zero API
Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

gemini-3.5-flash-lite

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.021/M/$0.171/M

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

gpt-5.1

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.086/M/$0.685/M

GankInterview LLM
Gemini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

gemini-3.5-flash-lite

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.050/M/$0.200/M

OpenAI

GPT-5.1

gpt-5.1-chat

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$37.50/M/$300.00/M

FAQ

Weighted outcome: GPT-5.1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Why is this comparison indexable?
It has 4 verifiable comparison points, and both models have pricing or benchmark data.
Are missing metrics invented?
No. Metrics without LMSpeed data are omitted from this report.

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Data as of Jul 29, 2026, 12:59 PM·Rankings are based on community-submitted tests and periodic health probes. Advisory only, not official data.