Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite API pricing
As of October 22, 2026, Google Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens on Google's own API, with cached input at $0.03 per million.
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite benchmarks and specs · Every Google model's price
- Input, per million tokens$0.30
- Output, per million tokens$2.50
- Cached input, per million$0.03
- Context window1.05M tokens
- Max output66K tokens
- Output speed435 tok/s
What a request costs
Three fixed token mixes at the list price, without cache or batch discounts. For a whole month, use the calculator.
| Workload | Tokens | One request | 1,000 requests | Fits the context window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat turn | 1K input + 500 output tokens | $0.0015 | $1.55 | Yes |
| Repository review | 50K input + 3K output tokens | $0.022 | $22.50 | Yes |
| Agent loop | 200K input + 10K output tokens | $0.085 | $85.00 | Yes |
| Solved coding task | One SWE-bench Verified attempt, divided by the share that succeed | $0.41 | $410.00 |
Price history
We have read Google's own price every day since October 21, 2026. It has not changed yet; any change will be listed here with its date.
- October 21, 2026 First recorded: $0.30 input, $2.50 output
Cheaper models as good as Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Models within two points of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or above it on the LLMBenchmark Index, with a lower output price. Cheapest first.
- Qwen3.5-Flash$0.26 Overall 50.1 against 49.8 · 90% cheaper output
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.28 Overall 60.8 against 49.8 · 89% cheaper output
- MiMo-V2.5$0.336 Overall 50.7 against 49.8 · 87% cheaper output
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731$0.396 Overall 55.2 against 49.8 · 84% cheaper output
- Claude Haiku 5.5$0.50 Overall 67.6 against 49.8 · 80% cheaper output
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite pricing questions
- How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite cost per million tokens?
- $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens, as listed on OpenRouter on October 22, 2026.
- Does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite support prompt caching?
- Yes. OpenRouter lists cached input at $0.03 per million tokens, against $0.30 for uncached input.
- Is there a cheaper model as good as Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?
- Qwen3.5-Flash scores 50.1 on the LLMBenchmark Index, within two points of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or above it, and costs $0.26 per million output tokens.
- Has the price of Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite changed?
- Not since we started recording it daily on October 21, 2026.