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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview vs GPT-5 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time

GPT-5 Mini wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Mini
Context Window
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
Speed
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGPT-5 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGPT-5 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedMar 2026Aug 2025

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview Modalities

Input
textimagevideofileaudio
Output
text

GPT-5 Mini Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has cheaper input pricing at $0.25/M tokens. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has cheaper output pricing at $1.50/M tokens.
GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 32.9, compared to Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview's score of 30.1.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while GPT-5 Mini has a 400,000 token context window.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview supports vision. GPT-5 Mini supports vision.