Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs GPT-4o
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
Google · Mar 2026
The cheapest Gemini 3 model: multimodal input and a 1M context for $0.25/$1.50 — built for massive-scale pipelines.
OpenAI · May 2024
The 2024 omni-modal classic with native audio in and out; superseded at the frontier but still everywhere in production.
The verdict
These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. On price the gap is dramatic: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite works out roughly 7.8x cheaper per blended million tokens. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite also takes 1M of context versus 128K for GPT-4o.
Specs & pricing
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | GPT-4o | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.25 | $2.5 |
| Output price / 1M | $1.5 | $10 |
| Context window | 1M | 128K |
| Max output | 66K | 16K |
| Open weights | no | no |
| Reasoning model | no | no |
| Multimodal input | text, image, audio, video | text, image, audio |
| Knowledge cutoff | Nov 2025 | Oct 2023 |
| Released | Mar 2026 | May 2024 |
| Example monthly cost* | $4.75 | $40.00 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or GPT-4o?
- These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. On price the gap is dramatic: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite works out roughly 7.8x cheaper per blended million tokens. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite also takes 1M of context versus 128K for GPT-4o.
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or GPT-4o?
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite costs $0.25/$1.5 per million input/output tokens, while GPT-4o costs $2.5/$10. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $4.75 versus $40.00.
- Which model is better for coding, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or GPT-4o?
- We don't yet track SWE-bench Verified results for both models; check their individual pages for coding-related scores.