Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Compare Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (Google) and GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI) 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 3.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper ($0.3 / 1M tokens input / $2.50 / 1M tokens output) vs GPT-5.6 Sol ($5 / 1M tokens input / $30 / 1M tokens output).

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs GPT-5.6 Sol — full comparison

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

ModelProviderInputOutputContextCapabilitiesBest forLatencyStatusSource
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Litegoogle/gemini-3.5-flash-liteGoogle$0.3 / 1M tokens$2.50 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat5379-9492msCatalogPlatform curated
GPT-5.6 Solopenai/gpt-5.6-solOpenAIStarting at $5 / 1M tokens$30 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat1352-3395msCatalogPlatform curated

FAQ

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs GPT-5.6 Sol FAQ

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or GPT-5.6 Sol cheaper?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper ($0.3 / 1M tokens input / $2.50 / 1M tokens output) vs GPT-5.6 Sol ($5 / 1M tokens input / $30 / 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 3.5 Flash-Lite or GPT-5.6 Sol?

Both offer the same context window: 1M tokens.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs GPT-5.6 Sol for Vision: which should I pick?

Both target Vision. Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite to optimize cost, or Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.