Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs o3-mini

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs o3-mini. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteOff the frontier
Intelligence
22.20
Total cost
$366
OpenAIo3-miniNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
12.50
Total cost
-
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 3.5 Flash-Liteo3-miniDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)22.212.5−43.7% o3-mini is 43.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$365.63Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)8.60s8.88s+3.3% o3-mini is 3.3% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.30 / $2.50$1.10 / $4.40
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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