Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 79× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.8

Rank #16 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 Pro in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 72.0 to 25.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 10.3% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 83.3% for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and GPT-5.4 Pro specifications
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index41.858.8
Released2026-07-212026-03-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$30
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$180
Results tracked3816

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), GPT-5.4 Pro: 42.6 (#89)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
WeirdML39%57.4%
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
LMArena Coding1455—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), GPT-5.4 Pro: 71.0 (#10)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
ARC-AGI-210.3%83.3%
ARC-AGI-153.5%94.5%
CritPt0%30%
Chess Puzzles22%58.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.12159.12
SimpleBench—74.1%
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
EnigmaEval—23.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1441—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.0 (#17)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%82.5%
FrontierMath Tier 40%58.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—
LMArena Math1431—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—50%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—37.5%

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66), GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#6)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
GPQA Diamond83.3%94.6%
Humanity's Last Exam—44.3%
SimpleQA Verified—46.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.3%
LMArena Expert1430—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Vision1266—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Non-English1428—
LMArena Chinese1467—
LMArena French1452—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1428—
LMArena Korean1406—
LMArena Russian1443—
LMArena Spanish1440—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Longer Query1435—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Text1436—
LMArena Creative Writing1419—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LMArena Multi-Turn1445—

Frequently asked questions

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 79× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

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

They score almost the same on coding (42.1 vs 42.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

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

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 Pro has 16.

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