Question 1

What is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Accepted Answer

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is a model from Google Gemini AI, released on Jul 21, 2026. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is a high-efficiency model from Google with upgraded agentic capabilities. It is suited for subagents that execute focused tasks within complex, multi-agent workflows.

Question 2

How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite cost?

Accepted Answer

On the Respan gateway, input starts at $0.30 per 1M tokens on every provider, and output starts at $2.50 per 1M tokens on every provider, after gateway discounts.

Question 3

Which providers serve Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite on Respan?

Accepted Answer

5 providers serve Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: Google Gemini AI, Inference.net, OpenRouter, Perplexity, and Google Vertex AI. Perplexity and Google Vertex AI require your own provider API key (BYOK).

Question 4

What is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's context window?

Accepted Answer

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts up to 1.0M tokens of context on its largest provider route.

Question 5

How do I use Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite with the Respan gateway?

Accepted Answer

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at https://api.respan.ai/api/ with your Respan API key and set the model to "gemini/gemini-3.5-flash-lite". To set it up with a coding agent, copy the agent setup prompt at the top of this page.

Question 6

How fast is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Accepted Answer

Over the last 30 days of requests through the Respan gateway, the fastest provider was Google Gemini AI at 75 tokens per second, and the lowest response latency was 0.6 seconds on OpenRouter. Speed varies with request size and provider.

Question 7

Where does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite rank on the Respan Index?

Accepted Answer

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores 27.7 out of 100 on the Respan Index v1.1, ranking #71 of 138 models. By category: Coding 6.5, Agents 43.9, Reasoning 17.3, Knowledge & language 31.3, and Human preference 51.2. The Respan Index combines independent and lab-reported benchmark results into one score, using benchmark data collected by llmmetric.com.

Question 8

How does Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite score on benchmarks?

Accepted Answer

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 22 published benchmark scores, including LiveBench Coding 76.1%, Toolathlon-Verified 57.1%, and GPQA Diamond 83.3%. Each score links to where it was published; the data is collected by llmmetric.com.

Provider	Context	Input	Output
Google Gemini AI`gemini/gemini-3.5-flash-lite`	1.0M	$0.30/M	$2.50/M
Inference.net`inference_net/gemini-3.5-flash-lite`	1.0M	$0.30/M	$2.50/M
OpenRouter`openrouter/google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite`	1.0M	$0.30/M	$2.50/M
PerplexityBYOK only`perplexity/google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite`	1.0M	$0.30/M	$2.50/M
Google Vertex AIBYOK only`vertex_ai/gemini-3.5-flash-lite`	1.0M	$0.30/M	$2.50/M

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

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