Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs GPT-5.6 Sol
Updated October 21, 2026. 73 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick GPT-5.6 Sol for coding: it scores 76.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 8.1 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview.
Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview when output tokens cost 13.3x less, or when a solved task costs $0.18 against $1.20.
- Shared results
- 73
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview only
- 4
- GPT-5.6 Sol only
- 63
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol scores 76.7 against 8.1.
1 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol leads, 47.0 against 15.6.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol leads, 50.2 against 1.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol leads, 95.2% against 81.1%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a AIME result, 83.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol leads, 89.1% against 86.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol leads, 1321 against 1083.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol takes 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.0010, GPT-5.6 Sol $0.014 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.18, GPT-5.6 Sol $1.20.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 8.1 from 1 benchmark, GPT-5.6 Sol 76.7 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 41.8 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 0.0% against GPT-5.6 Sol 80.5%, 80.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $1.50 against GPT-5.6 Sol $20.00 per million output tokens, 13.3x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview takes 1.05M tokens, GPT-5.6 Sol 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | Bars | GPT-5.6 Sol | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 14 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 5 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 7 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 2 | 8 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 8 | ||
| General | 1 | 25 | ||
| All shared boards | 3 | 70 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index014
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 89.7% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1257 | 1616 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| AA Coding Index | 34.7 | 77.4 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 80.1% | 82.6% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 62.8% | 96.2% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.9% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 80.5% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 4.6% | 52.9% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 1.5% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 91.2% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 34.1% | 85.8% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 20.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.3% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 57.8% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 65.9% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 47.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 32.2% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| GSO-Bench | Not measured | 76.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 88.8% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| MirrorCode | Not measured | 20.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| ALE-Bench | 797.7 | 2176.9 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1400 | 1496 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1413 | 1489 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1245 | 1620 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1276 | 1618 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1336 | 1609 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 15.6 | 47.0 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 162.8 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.6 | 50.2 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1245 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1261 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1249 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1246 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1260 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1267 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1286 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1240 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 54.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 88.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 48.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 30.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 30.0% | 53.8% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 3.1% | 31.1% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 3.4% | 48.1% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 8.6% | 72.3% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 20.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 41.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | Not measured | 23.8% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.3% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 85.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Not measured | 27.3% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| BALROG | Not measured | 60.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| PostTrainBench | Not measured | 36.2% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $9,619 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Search | Not measured | 1261 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 81.1% | 95.2% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 91.7% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 33.3% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 82.5% | 88.8% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 94.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 49.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 93.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 97.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 92.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 64.8% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 59.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 58.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 44.8% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1407 | 1483 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1398 | 1517 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1403 | 1477 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1242 | 1305 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1271 | 1305 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 83.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 100.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 89.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 82.9% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 83.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1428 | 1473 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1417 | 1496 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index28
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 86.2% | 89.1% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.8% | 87.0% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 59.4% | 64.4% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.8% | 74.8% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.0% | 67.3% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.6% | 44.0% | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 69.7% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1425 | 1455 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | 1431 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1418 | 1476 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1389 | 1457 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1083 | 1321 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1071 | 1338 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1029 | 1368 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1045 | 1323 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1048 | 1385 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1072 | 1341 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1052 | 1316 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1166 | 1302 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 81.6% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index125
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 79.8% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 49.5% | 52.6% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 63.9% | 85.2% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 41.4% | 72.6% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| IFBench | Not measured | 72.7% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 84.0% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 95.7% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 58.5% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 93.1% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 56.7% | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1457 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1377 | 1483 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1401 | 1449 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | 1281 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: English | 1414 | 1457 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1410 | 1451 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1460 | 1525 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: German | 1430 | 1476 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1413 | 1472 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1392 | 1442 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: French | 1424 | 1472 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1421 | 1443 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1420 | 1471 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1443 | 1459 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1417 | 1461 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1394 | 1481 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1408 | 1462 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1386 | 1450 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1232 | 1280 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1278 | 1313 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1246 | 1290 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1266 | 1246 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1259 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1308 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1248 | 1283 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1483 | Only GPT-5.6 Sol measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Sol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | July 9, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $4.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.50 | $20.00 |
| Coding index | 8.1 | 76.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.18 | $1.20 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview better than GPT-5.6 Sol for coding?
Pick GPT-5.6 Sol for coding: it scores 76.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 8.1 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview. Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview when output tokens cost 13.3x less, or when a solved task costs $0.18 against $1.20.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or GPT-5.6 Sol?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.6 Sol costs $4.00 and $20.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs $0.18 and GPT-5.6 Sol $1.20.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview or GPT-5.6 Sol?
GPT-5.6 Sol, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs GPT-5.6 Sol comparison based on?
73 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and GPT-5.6 Sol's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.