Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 45 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1269±8 from 9,238 votes. Its best category is Humor (#22 of 93). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #45 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Humor (#22 of 93).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 |  Mistral Large 4 Mistral | 1272 | 1,008 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 43 |  GPT-5.6 Terra (xHigh) OpenAI | 1271 | 11,842 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 | +0 |
| 45 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google | 1269 | 9,238 | Proprietary | |
| 46 |  Kimi K2.5 (Thinking) Moonshot AI | 1269 | 28,249 | Modified MIT | +0 |
| 47 | GPT-5.2 Chat (20260210) OpenAI | 1268 | 16,465 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 48 | Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) Google | 1266 | 37,173 | Proprietary | -3 |
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 3.5 Flash-Lite rank among vision models?
Overall rank 45 (1269); OCR rank 45 (1280); Diagrams rank 48 (1284); Homework rank 46 (1291); Creative writing rank 45 (1260); Humor rank 22 (1287); English rank 50 (1269); Chinese rank 47 (1311) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite at OCR?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite ranks 45 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1280 (6,262 votes).
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #47 of 128 (1311); English board: #50 of 167 (1269). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has 1269, 56 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 –.