Best cost/speed trade-off
Google AI Studio
google-ai-studio$0.6667 / 1M tokens
4.28 s estimated response
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview provider comparison
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is Google's high-efficiency model optimized for high-volume use cases. It outperforms Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite on overall quality and approaches Gemini 2.5 Flash performance across...
- Endpoints:
- 3
- Context:
- 1M
- Input:
- text, image, video, file, audio
- Output:
- text
At a glance
Comparison winners
Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens using the latest published median speed data.
Cheapest
Google AI Studio
google-ai-studio/flex$0.3333 / 1M tokens
$0.0005 for the sample request
Fastest
Google AI Studio
google-ai-studio4.28 s estimated response
$0.6667 / 1M tokens
Visual comparison
Price and performance charts
Compare published endpoint pricing and estimated response time visually.
USD per 1 million tokens for input and output. Lower is better.
Google AI Studio has the lowest estimated cost for 1,000 input and 500 output tokens at $0.0005.
Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens. Cost is shown in USD per 1 million tokens. Lower and further left is better; the single best cost/speed trade-off appears at full opacity.
1 provider has complete pricing and speed data. Google AI Studio is closest to the ideal combination of lowest cost and fastest response.
Server-rendered comparison
Provider endpoints
Prompt and completion prices are effective USD per token as published by OpenRouter. Missing speed data never removes an endpoint.
Rank providers by
| Provider / route | Current pricing ↗ | Speed measurements | Endpoint details |
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| Provider / route | Current pricing
| Speed measurements
| Endpoint details
11 parametersinclude_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p |
| Provider / route | Current pricing
| Speed measurements
| Endpoint details
11 parametersinclude_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p |
| Provider / route Google AI Studio google-ai-studio/priority | Current pricing
| Speed measurements
| Endpoint details
11 parametersinclude_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p |
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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview deployment guide
How to choose a Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview inference provider
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview is indexed here as a text model by Google, with 3 provider endpoints from Google AI Studio. The comparison preserves each exact OpenRouter routing tag so pricing and performance observations can be connected to the route an application would actually request.
Match the endpoint to the workload
The model publishes a 1M-token context window. It accepts text, image, video, file, audio input and returns text output. 11 distinct supported parameters appear across the listed routes. Confirm limits on the specific endpoint rather than assuming every host exposes the same configuration.
Compare the real request economics
Google AI Studio currently has the lowest estimated cost for the standard 1,000-input/500-output-token sample at $0.0005. Input-heavy and output-heavy applications can produce a different result, so review both per-million-token prices in the endpoint table.
Balance response start and generation speed
Google AI Studio currently has the shortest estimated 500-token response at 4.28 seconds. Google AI Studio is the single endpoint closest to the current ideal cost/speed combination. Recent observations can change, so validate finalists with your own prompts.