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Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is a low-latency, cost-effective multimodal model optimized for high-throughput, low-cost execution for subagent tasks and document parsing. The model supports text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs, and is designed for high-volume agentic workflows, simple data extraction, and applications where latency and API cost are the primary constraints.

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gemini-3.5-flash-lite

Property	Description
Model code	`gemini-3.5-flash-lite`
Supported data types	Inputs Text, Image, Video, Audio, and PDF Output Text
Token limits^[*]	Input token limit 1,048,576 Output token limit 65,536
Capabilities	Audio generation Not supported Caching Supported Code execution Supported Computer use Not supported File search Supported Function calling Supported Grounding with Google Maps Supported Image generation Not supported Live API Not supported Search grounding Supported Structured outputs Supported Thinking Supported URL context Supported
Consumption options	Batch API Supported Flex inference Supported Priority inference Supported
Versions	Read the model version patterns for more details. Stable: `gemini-3.5-flash-lite`
Latest update	July 2026