Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Tri-21B-think Preview

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Tri-21B-think Preview. 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
Trillion LabsTri-21B-think PreviewNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.60
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-LiteTri-21B-think PreviewDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)15.69.6−38.5% Tri-21B-think Preview is 38.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$155.87Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)6.08sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.25 / $1.50—
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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