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Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, which it says delivers “enhanced performance at a fraction of the cost of larger models” and outperforms Gemini 2.5 Flash

Get best-in-class intelligence for your highest-volume workloads. … Today, we're introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

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  • @koraykv Koray Kavukcuoglu on x
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is available now! It takes an unbelievable amount of complex engineering to make AI feel instantaneous, enabling exciting new frontiers for experimentation! [video]
  • @googledeepmind @googledeepmind on x
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has landed. It's our most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model yet, built for intelligence at scale. Here's what's new 🧵 [video]
  • @google @google on x
    Developers can now preview Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, our fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model yet. With a 45% increase in output speed, it outperforms 2.5 Flash and features dynamic thinking levels to match task complexity. Rolling out in preview today in [video]
  • @artificialanlys @artificialanlys on x
    Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview!...Key takeaways: ➤ Improved intelligence over Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: @GoogleDeepMind's Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview scores 34 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, up 12 points from Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (09-25).  Howev…
  • @noamshazeer Noam Shazeer on x
    📢Introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, our fastest and most efficient model, built for high-volume workloads. It outperforms 2.5 Flash in reasoning, reliability, and scalability at a lower cost. This model also introduces thinking levels. You can adjust compute by complexity of
  • @sundarpichai Sundar Pichai on x
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is the fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model⚡️ It outperforms 2.5 Flash with a 2.5X faster Time to First Answer Token and a 45% increase in output speed, at a fraction of the cost of larger models!
  • @scaling01 @scaling01 on x
    Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Benchmarks [image]
  • @googledevs @googledevs on x
    Today, we're introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (in preview) ⚡️ Now available via the Gemini API, our fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model: - Features dynamic thinking for scaled reasoning - Delivers enhanced performance at a lower cost (priced at $0.25/1M input […
  • @_philschmid Philipp Schmid on x
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is here!  Our fastest, most cost-efficient gemini model built for high-volume workloads at scale.  💰 Priced at $0.25/M input, $1.50/M output tokens 🧠 Matches 2.5 Flash quality at Flash-Lite cost ⚡2.5x TFT and 45% faster output vs 2.5 Flash 💽 Enables low-late…
  • @chanduthota Chandu Thota on x
    Excited to introduce Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, our fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model designed for high-volume workloads. It's 2.5X faster Time to First Answer Token than 2.5 Flash (along with a 45% increase in output speed) ⚡️ [image]
  • @teksedge David Hendrickson on x
    Here are the benchmarks for the newly released Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview, now available in AI Studio.  Good pricing @ $1.5/1M tokens on par with new Chinese OS models.  It beats Qwen3.5 397B (~$3/1M) in shared benchmarks, so a great deal.  It DOES NOT beat GLM-5 (~$2.5/1M).
  • @googleai @googleai on x
    Smarter. Faster. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is here⚡ The model offers uncompromising speed & intelligence at scale by focusing on: — Cost-efficiency: Priced at just $0.25/1M input and $1.50/1M output tokens, it gets work done faster at a fraction of the cost of larger models, [video]
  • @veermasrani Veer Masrani on x
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Just Dropped & Destroyed the Budget Model Tier Google's cheapest model and it's somehow the fastest in its class.  The numbers at $0.25 input: > 363 tok/s — Flash-Lite > 108 tok/s — Claude Haiku ($1.00) > 71 tok/s — GPT-5 mini ($0.25) Adjustable “thinking le…
  • @dynamicwebpaige @dynamicwebpaige on x
    smol but incredibly mighty! Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is an absolute speed demon (417 tokens/s!! 🏃‍♀️💨) but still punches far above its weight class. 💸 $0.25 per 1M input tokens 🧠 86.9% on GPQA Diamond ⚡️ 2.5X faster time-to-first-token A game changer for high-volume and agent
  • @altryne Alex Volkov on x
    New Gemini is out! 3.1 Flash 3.1 looks like it beats the previous ⚡ models while also becoming cheaper!
  • @kimmonismus @kimmonismus on x
    Gemini 3.1 Flash lite released and its next level price-performance-ratio Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, its fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 model yet, built for high-volume developer workloads. Priced at just $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens, it [image]
  • @joshwoodward Josh Woodward on x
    Meet Flash-Lite: the really, really fast one
  • @googledeepmind @googledeepmind on x
    3.1 Flash-Lite outperforms 2.5 Flash with faster performance at a lower price. New ‘thinking levels’ let you dial in reasoning to adapt for different tasks, while still being able to handle complex workloads - like generating UI and dashboards or creating simulations. [image]
  • @tulseedoshi Tulsee Doshi on x
    3.1 Flash-Lite is now live in the Gemini API 3.1 Flash-Lite outperforms 2.5 Flash across a majority of benchmarks, while being a little speedster! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ [video]
  • @googlecloudtech @googlecloudtech on x
    Introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, our fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model. Built for high-volume workloads at scale, 3.1 Flash-Lite delivers high quality for its price and model tier. Rolling out in preview via Vertex AI → https://cloud.google.com/... [image]
  • @dasanaike Noah Dasanaike on x
    socOCRbench has been updated to include the new Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, which achieves SOTA performance (by far) at this price point (and is best across all models for print tables!), as well as the new small Qwen 3.5 models, which are best in their respective size classes. [image…
  • @marmaduke091 @marmaduke091 on x
    Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite seems to be a lot more expensive than its predecessor [image]
  • @mark_k Mark Kretschmann on x
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite was just released by @GoogleDeepMind, and the initial benchmarks are highly impressive for a model in this weight class. It is designed to be a high-volume, cost-sensitive workhorse that doesn't sacrifice quality. Based on the benchmark data, here is how it …
  • @jeffdean Jeff Dean on x
    ⚡ Excited to announce Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite! We've set a new standard for efficiency and capability to give developers our fastest, most cost-effective Gemini 3 model yet. We engineered this model with thinking levels, allowing it to handle high-volume queries instantly, while [i…
  • @jeffdean Jeff Dean on x
    Here's a side-by-side speed and accuracy comparison comparing Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite against our older Gemini 2.5 Flash model. Not only is the new model significantly faster in terms of tokens/s, it also needs many fewer tokens to accomplish complex tasks (~1/3 as many in this [vi…
  • @officiallogank Logan Kilpatrick on x
    Introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite 🔦, a huge step forward on the boundary of intelligence, beating 2.5 Flash on many tasks. [image]
  • @tristanhurleb Tristan Hurlebaus on x
    Here we are Gemini 3.1 Flash lite a supper fast small model from Google. [image]
  • r/Bard r on reddit
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Built for intelligence at scale