Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)10.422.2+113.5% Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is 2.1× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$365.63— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reported9.09s— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.40$0.30 / $2.50
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image, Speech, Video
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