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Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) leads on average score with 9.9 vs 6.5. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.369 vs $0.831. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (medium) is faster at 6.01s vs 10.11s, with pass rates of 69.7% vs 98.5%.

Recommended modelGemini 3.6 Flash (medium)It has the strongest score in this comparison (9.9) and the best overall balance of cost and response time across all 2 models.

Last updated at: 2026-07-21

Metric Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite medium Release: 2026-07-21 Gemini 3.6 Flash Gemini 3.6 Flash medium Release: 2026-07-21
Score 6.5 9.9
Rank #104 #1
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 7.4 9.6
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 69.7% 98.5%
Flaky tests 7 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 3.074 3.955
Total Cost $0.369 $0.831
Input Price $0.300 / 1M $1.500 / 1M
Output Price $2.500 / 1M $7.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 118,818 66,293
Output Tokens 11,677 2,000
Reasoning Tokens 121,611 95,464
Response Time (avg) 6.01s 10.11s
Response Time (max) 49.03s 68.03s
Response Time (total) 132.30s 222.33s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#104 Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

medium
Cost
$0.015
Time
16.4s
Tokens
5,971 tok

#1 Gemini 3.6 Flash

medium
Cost
$0.079
Time
47.9s
Tokens
10,532 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 5.5 7.4 44.4% 1 8.37s 8,136 452 25,999
Gemini 3.6 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 17.49s 8,136 474 40,157

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