Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Grok 4.3

Compare Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Google) and Grok 4.3 (X Ai) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.

Price deadline

Gemini Flash prices rise Jan 1, 2027

Per Google's published pricing page, Gemini Flash input prices double on Jan 1, 2027. The same workload runs an order of magnitude cheaper on DeepSeek and GLM. Source: Google pricing Full price breakdown

Budget control

Worried about runaway spend? Every API key supports a monthly hard cap.

Which should you pick?

  • Price: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is cheaper ($0.25 / 1M tokens input / $1.50 / 1M tokens output) vs Grok 4.3 ($1.25 / 1M tokens input / $2.50 / 1M tokens output).

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Grok 4.3 — full comparison

Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.

ModelProviderInputOutputContextCapabilitiesBest forLatencyStatusSource
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Litegoogle/gemini-3.1-flash-liteGoogle$0.25 / 1M tokens$1.50 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat936-1952msCatalogPlatform curated
Grok 4.3x-ai/grok-4.3X AiStarting at $1.25 / 1M tokens$2.50 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat2127-3708msCatalogPlatform curated

FAQ

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Grok 4.3 FAQ

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Grok 4.3 cheaper?

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is cheaper ($0.25 / 1M tokens input / $1.50 / 1M tokens output) vs Grok 4.3 ($1.25 / 1M tokens input / $2.50 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.

Which has a larger context window, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Grok 4.3?

Both offer the same context window: 1M tokens.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Grok 4.3 for Vision: which should I pick?

Both target Vision. Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite to optimize cost, or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.