Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GPT-5.4 nano

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and GPT-5.4 nano score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.5 vs 41.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 34 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 34 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 7 categories and GPT-5.4 nano in 2 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 nano leads 40.9 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 26% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 44.9% for GPT-5.4 nano.
  • GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and GPT-5.4 nano specifications
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index41.541.9
Released2026-07-212026-03-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M400K
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.20
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$1.25
Results tracked3940

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
SciCode41.3%46.9%
WeirdML39%49.2%
LMArena Coding14531405
ALE-Bench765.271,005
LMArena WebDev1440—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), GPT-5.4 nano: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
ARC-AGI-210.3%5.7%
ARC-AGI-153.5%51.5%
CritPt0%9.3%
Chess Puzzles22%30%
LMArena Hard Prompts14411381
Mystery Game Puzzles19%9%
DTBench83.5%80.3%
LMCA37.6%36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13145.81
Kagi LLM Benchmark—39.7%
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ForecastBench—57.3

Math GPT-5.4 nano leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%44.9%
FrontierMath Tier 40%12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%87.8%
ProofBench13%5%
LMArena Math14331406
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—25.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—6.3%

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
GPQA Diamond83.3%78.5%
LMArena Expert14351396
SimpleQA Verified—11.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—3.1%

Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Vision12681196

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Non-English14271359
LMArena Chinese14691392
LMArena French14511396
LMArena German14541367
LMArena Japanese14271343
LMArena Korean14071320
LMArena Russian14431363
LMArena Spanish14421371

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Instruction Following14201362

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Longer Query14351366

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Text14351372
LMArena Creative Writing14201314
LMArena Multi-Turn14451382
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than GPT-5.4 nano?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and GPT-5.4 nano score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.5 vs 41.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or GPT-5.4 nano?

GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or GPT-5.4 nano better for coding?

GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and GPT-5.4 nano share?

34 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 nano has 40.

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