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Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is a Google language model released May 7, 2026; Google's newest language model in our dataset is Gemini 4 Argon. Proprietary, API access only. Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, generally available since May 7, 2026; a smaller, lower-latency tier than Flash. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.
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- ReleasedMay 7, 2026
- Context window1.05M1,048,576 tokens
- Max output66K65,536 tokens
- LicenceProprietaryProprietary (API)
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Key facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | n/a | |
| Released | May 7, 2026 | source |
| Status | generally available | n/a |
| API id | gemini-3.1-flash-lite | source |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (1.05M) | source |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | source |
| Input | text, image, video, audio, pdf | source |
| Output | text | source |
| Licence | Proprietary (API) | source |
Where Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite sits in our data
- Released May 7, 2026 (week 19 of 2026), in May 2026. Other models in our data released that month: Claude Opus 4.8, Nano Banana Pro, Command A+, Grok Build 0.1.
- The previous Google model we track is Gemma 4 (Mar 31, 2026), 37 days earlier.
- Of the 60 models in our data with a published context window, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the number 19 largest (1.05M tokens). Our data is not every model on the market.
- Google tools we cover: Gemini Notebook, Google ADK, Gemini CLI.
- All releases by date: AI model releases by month · new AI models this week. Choosing for code: best LLM for coding.
How Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite differs from Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Read from the recorded facts of the two models, not from a head-to-head test. We have not run either.
- Both list a 1.05M-token context window.
- Both accept text, image, video, audio, pdf as input.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite came out 75 days before Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.
- Facts for the other model: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.
What we tested
Nothing yet. We have not run Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite ourselves, so every fact on this page is Reported from the sources below. When we do test it, the scope will be stated here and in our test logs. See methodology.
Sources
More from Google
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (Jul 21, 2026)
- Nano Banana Pro (May 28, 2026)
- Gemma 4 (Mar 31, 2026)
- Nano Banana 2 Lite (Jun 30, 2026)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash (Jul 21, 2026)
- Gemini 3.1 Pro (Feb 19, 2026)
- Gemini Robotics ER 2 (Jul 30, 2026)