Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview API Pricing & Quick Start

Name: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview API
Brand: Google

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is Google's high-efficiency model optimized for high-volume use cases. It outperforms Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite on overall quality and approaches Gemini 2.5 Flash performance across...

Intelligence#180 / 573

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Speed#10 / 586

298.6

Output tokens per second (median)

Input Price#311 / 586

$0.25NT$ 8

USD / 1M tokens

Output Price#350 / 586

$1.50NT$ 49

USD / 1M tokens

First-token latency#548 / 586

5.59s

Time to first token (AA median)

Provider	Google
Released	March 2026
Model ID	`google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview`

Technical specifications

Context window

1M tokens

Reasoning

Yes

Input

TextImageVideoFileAudio

Output

Text

Pricing comparison

BazaarLink retail price alongside AA's observed market standard.

BazaarLink price our site

Input$0.25NT$ 8

Output$1.50NT$ 49

Cache read$0.03NT$ 1

Cache write$0.08NT$ 3

3:1 blended (est.)$0.56NT$ 18

All prices per 1M tokens. Supports TWD credit card / official invoice.

Market reference Artificial Analysis

Input$0.25

Output$1.50

Cache readAA not tracked

Cache writeAA not tracked

3:1 blended$0.56

✓ Matches market reference — BazaarLink does not mark up.
Source: artificialanalysis.ai

Independent benchmarks

Scores below come from Artificial Analysis, an independent third party. BazaarLink does not participate in the testing.

Intelligence 25

Coding 35

Math

MMLU

GPQA 82

This modelCategory leader

Coding ability

#104out of 198 models

LiveCodeBench / SciCode and similar

Overall intelligence

#180out of 573 models

Aggregated across academic benchmarks

Time to first token

#548out of 586 models

AA 全球 p50：5.59 秒

Intelligence

Mid-tier

This model

Category leader

Median

Coding

Mid-tier

This model

Category leader

Median

GPQA

82%

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82%

Category leader

94%

Median

69%

HLE

16%

—

This model

16%

Category leader

53%

Median

SciCode

42%

—

This model

42%

Category leader

60%

Median

33%

IFBench

77%

—

This model

77%

Category leader

83%

Median

44%

τ²-Bench Telecom

31%

—

This model

31%

Category leader

99%

Median

46%

AA-LCR

65%

—

This model

65%

Category leader

76%

Median

40%

Terminal-Bench Hard

24%

—

This model

24%

Category leader

66%

Median

14%

Top 5 — CodingCoding Index leaderboard

1GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-xhigh78$5 / $30

2Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)anthropic/claude-opus-578$5 / $25

3GPT-5.6 Sol (max)openai/gpt-5-6-sol77$5 / $30

4GPT-5.6 Sol (high)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-high77$5 / $30

5Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)anthropic/claude-opus-5-xhigh77$5 / $25

AASource: Artificial Analysis · Independent third-party evaluation; not influenced by BazaarLinkView full evaluation on AA →

Quick Start

Use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview via BazaarLink API — just change the base_url:

Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

TypeScript

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1",
  apiKey: "sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Why use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview via BazaarLink?

✓USD billing (TWD-quoted) + unified invoices — no foreign credit card needed for Taiwan teams
✓OpenAI-compatible API — zero code changes required
✓Automatic failover — multi-provider redundancy for the same model
✓Chinese-language support — local team, instant help

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview?

How much does the Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview API cost?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview costs $0.2500 per 1M input tokens and $1.5000 per 1M output tokens when accessed through BazaarLink.

How do I use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview with the OpenAI SDK?

Set base_url to "https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1" and use model ID "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview". All OpenAI SDK methods (chat.completions, embeddings, streaming) work without code changes.

What is the context window for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview supports a context window of 1,048,576 tokens.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview available for free?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is a paid model. BazaarLink offers free trial credits on registration so you can test it without a credit card.

Relay integrity checks

Tested endpoints: 6 runs
Independent hosts: 3
Model-family fingerprint match: 0%
Anomalies detected: 5 runs
Data range: past 90 days

BazaarLink Probe verifies endpoints that claim to serve this model and flags behavior that differs from the reference baseline.

View the full integrity report →

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview API Pricing & Quick Start

Technical specifications

Pricing comparison

BazaarLink price our site

Market reference Artificial Analysis

Independent benchmarks

Top 5 — CodingCoding Index leaderboard

Quick Start

Why use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview via BazaarLink?

Frequently Asked Questions

Relay integrity checks

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