Google Gemini model
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
- Provider
- Google Gemini
- Availability
- Available
- Model ID
- gemini-3.5-flash-lite
- Snapshot
- 2026-10-07
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Benchmarks & Agentic Accuracy
Verified primary research & developer preference metrics
What This Means in Real Software Development
- Outputs 320 tokens per second, ranking among the fastest models measured globally.
- Achieves the lowest cost in Google's lineup at $0.05 per task ($0.075/M input).
- Scores 22 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 and 24 on Finance & Accounting.
- Near-instantaneous time to first token (<0.35s) for reflexive subagent tool checks.
Swarm Multi-Agent Topology
Best Paired With: Gemini 3.8 Flash or Claude Opus 5.5
Provides instant file discovery and test telemetry streaming.
Scans worktrees in parallel without adding wall-clock latency.
What Developers & Practitioners Are Saying
Real-world field observations, production strengths, and developer consensus
"The absolute king of interactive latency and high-speed streaming. Developers use it for continuous real-time linting, formatting, and AST sanity checks."
Verified Real-World Strengths
- Unmatched 320 TPS generation throughput with sub-second TTFT
- Rock-bottom $0.05 cost per task and $0.075/M input price
- Massive context capacity with prompt caching efficiency
Production Caveats & Gaps
- Lower complex reasoning ceiling than Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Not designed for autonomous multi-file architecture refactoring
Primary Sources & Methodology Citations
- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 — Artificial Analysis (September 2026)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite System Report — Google DeepMind (May 2026)
Head-to-Head Frontier Comparisons: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Rivals
Standardized, side-by-side benchmark & economics comparison against peer models
| Model | Role / Tier | SWE-bench | LiveCodeBench | LMSYS Elo | AIME | Input / Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle GeminiCurrent | Tier 3: Extreme-Throughput Reflex Subagent | 52% | 45% | 1295 | — | $0.075 / $0.3 |
Muse GlimmerMeta Compare Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Muse Glimmer → | Tier 3: Rapid Transpiler Subagent | 48% | 41.5% | 1270 | — | $0.08 / $0.32 |
Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral Compare Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Mistral Medium 3.5 → | Tier 3: European Sovereign Subagent | 45% | 38% | 1250 | — | $0.2 / $0.8 |
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek Compare Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash → | Tier 3: Refined Open Subagent | 56.2% | 52% | 1360 | 74.5% | $0.3 / $0.9 |
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle Compare Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Gemini 3.8 Flash → | Tier 3: High-Throughput Subagent Engine | 68.4% | 53.8% | 1380 | 84% | $0.15 / $0.6 |
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite model overview
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is listed in the public Swarm catalog through Google Gemini. This page summarizes the verified catalog fields used by Swarm without claiming real-time access for every provider account.
- Provider
- Google Gemini
- Family
- Gemini
- Context window
- 1.05M tokens
- Thinking support
- low · medium · high
- Availability status
- Available
- Catalog ID
- google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite
Run Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite in Swarm
Verified CLI workflow & multi-agent architecture
swarm ctl model set --provider google --model google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite# Or switch interactively inside the terminal TUI:
/modelsSubagent Role Matrix
Assign Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite to specialized system roles in ~/.swarm/config.json:
- Primary / Planner: Orchestrates full task DAGs and multi-stage pipelines.
- Coder Subagent: Generates code and unit tests inside private Git worktrees.
- Finder Subagent: Performs read-only code search, symbol discovery, and mapping.
Public catalog snapshot. Catalog availability is not a real-time provider status or an access guarantee.