Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Nova Premier 1.0
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 5 categories and Nova Premier 1.0 in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 61.0 to 51.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 67.2% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 44.8% for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 40.4 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 66K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.5 (#179), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1256 | — |
| SciCode | 41.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1400 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 797.73 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 29.9 (#72), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.3% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.3 (#181), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67.2% | 44.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 8.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | — |
| DTBench | 76.8% | — |
| LMCA | 35% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.45 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.4 | — |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.5 (#82), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 27.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1427 | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.7 (#95), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 81.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1397 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 38.7 (#57), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.5 (#82), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1410 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | — |
| LMArena French | 1423 | — |
| LMArena German | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1393 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1420 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1420 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.9 (#126), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1376 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#117), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1394 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 61.0 (#90), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1417 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Nova Premier 1.0?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.