Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 73 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1240±6 from 27,657 votes. Its best category is Entity recognition (#5 of 51). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #73 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Entity recognition (#5 of 51).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 |  Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Alibaba | 1244 | 13,236 | Apache 2.0 | +4 |
| 71 |  ChatGPT-4o Latest (20250326) OpenAI | 1243 | 23,400 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 72 | Qwen3.5-27B Alibaba | 1241 | 30,272 | Apache 2.0 | +1 |
| 73 | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview Google | 1240 | 27,657 | Proprietary | |
| 74 | GPT-6 Sol (Max) OpenAI | 1240 | 3,221 | Proprietary | +0 |
| 75 | TInkling-Small Thinking Machines | 1237 | 8,074 | Apache 2.0 | -3 |
| 76 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Google | 1235 | 60,087 | Proprietary | -5 |
Alternatives · More from Google
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) Google | 1315 | 4,645 | Proprietary |
| 8 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Google | 1314 | 5,369 | Proprietary |
| 13 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) Google | 1308 | 13,862 | Proprietary |
| 14 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) Google | 1306 | 14,061 | Proprietary |
| 16 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 1305 | 13,623 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview rank among vision models?
Overall rank 73 (1240); OCR rank 73 (1246); Diagrams rank 83 (1242); Homework rank 63 (1271); Captioning rank 10 (1259); Entity recognition rank 5 (1308); Creative writing rank 56 (1248); Humor rank 39 (1266); English rank 80 (1232); Chinese rank 64 (1278) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview at OCR?
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview ranks 73 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1246 (19,353 votes).
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #64 of 128 (1278); English board: #80 of 167 (1232). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview has 1240, 85 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.