Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Nova Lite

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Nova Lite. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.1 Flash-LiteOff the frontier
Intelligence
15.60
Total cost
$156
AmazonNova LiteNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.70
Total cost
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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 3.1 Flash-LiteNova LiteDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)15.66.7−57.1% Nova Lite is 57.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$155.87Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)6.15s3.80s−38.2% Nova Lite is 38.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.25 / $1.50$0.06 / $0.24
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image, Video
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