Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-previewGemini 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 key capabilities. Improvements span audio input/ASR, RAG snippet ranking, translation, data extraction, and code completion. Supports full thinking levels (minimal, low, medium, high) for fine-grained cost/performance trade-offs. Priced at half the cost of Gemini 3 Flash.
- Input price
- $0.25USD / 1M tokens
- Output price
- $1.50USD / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.03USD / 1M tokens
- Context window
- 1M
- Max output
- 65.5K
Specifications
- Input
- Text, image, audio
- Output
- Text
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OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/chat/completions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello"
}
],
"max_tokens": 2048
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
printf '%s\n' "$result"Questions
FAQ
How do I call Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview" to Chat Completions API (/v1/chat/completions) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.
How much does Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview cost?
$0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens, billed per request from your SandBase balance. Discounts, when available, are shown in the pricing on this page.
What is the context window of Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview?
1M tokens of context, with up to 65.5K output tokens per response.
Which features does Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview support?
Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview supports vision (image input), reasoning, function calling, structured output. See Specifications above for the full list.
Do I need a separate Google account?
No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Google separately.