Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs o3-mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and o3-mini in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.2 to 50.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 53.5% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 34.5% for o3-mini.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.10 / $4.40 for o3-mini.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 36.7 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2024-12-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 200K |
| Max output | 66K | 100K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $1.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $4.40 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), o3-mini: 40.8 (#132)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 41.3% | 39.8% |
| WeirdML | 39% | 43.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1453 | 1378 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 60.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1440 | — |
| GSO | — | 1.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 82.7% |
| CadEval | — | 54% |
| ALE-Bench | 765.27 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use o3-mini leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), o3-mini: 29.6 (#84)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 29.3% | — |
| Cybench | — | 22.5% |
| GDP.pdf | 10% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), o3-mini: 16.3 (#305)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 10.3% | 3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 53.5% | 34.5% |
| CritPt | 0% | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 22% | 17% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1441 | 1366 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | 7% |
| DTBench | 83.5% | 68.8% |
| LMCA | 37.6% | 19% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.13 | 140.34 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 60.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 89.6% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 70.6% |
| ForecastBench | — | 59.6 |
| LiveBench | — | 75.9% |
Math o3-mini leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), o3-mini: 28.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 26% | 18.6% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 0% | 0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | 76.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1433 | 1396 |
| ProofBench | 13% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 96.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 12.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), o3-mini: 38.3 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% | 77% |
| LMArena Expert | 1435 | 1364 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 17.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), o3-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1268 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), o3-mini: 45.7 (#164)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1469 | 1379 |
| LMArena French | 1451 | 1334 |
| LMArena German | 1454 | 1303 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1427 | 1286 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1443 | 1304 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1442 | 1321 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), o3-mini: 75.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1337 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 84.4% |
Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), o3-mini: 33.8 (#256)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | 1343 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 50% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), o3-mini: 50.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1435 | 1337 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1420 | 1286 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1320 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 61.7% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1559 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 50.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than o3-mini?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or o3-mini?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; o3-mini lists at $1.10 and $4.40.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or o3-mini better for coding?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and o3-mini share?
31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and o3-mini has 51.