Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite
Access Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite from Google using Puter.js AI API.
Get Started// npm install @heyputer/puter.js
import { puter } from '@heyputer/puter.js';
puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
model: "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite"
}).then(response => {
document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
<html>
<body>
<script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
<script>
puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
model: "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite"
}).then(response => {
document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/",
api_key="YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
curl https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"model": "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
]
}'
Model Card
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is Google's fastest and most cost-efficient model in the Gemini 3.1 series, designed for high-volume, latency-sensitive workloads.
It delivers 2.5x faster time-to-first-token and 45% higher output throughput than Gemini 2.5 Flash, scoring 86.9% on GPQA Diamond and 76.8% on MMMU Pro. An Intelligence Index score of 34 — nearly triple that of 2.5 Flash-Lite — puts it well above prior budget-tier models at the same price point.
The model supports text, image, video, audio, and PDF input with a 1M token context window and configurable thinking levels. It's the right choice for developers building translation pipelines, content moderation systems, classification tasks, or any application where throughput and cost matter most.
Context Window 1M
tokens
Max Output 66K
tokens
Input Cost $0.25
per million tokens
Output Cost $1.5
per million tokens
Input text, image, video, audio, pdf
modalities
Tool Use Yes
Knowledge Cutoff Jan 2025
Release Date Mar 18, 2026
Model Playground
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Frequently Asked Questions
You can access Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite by Google through Puter.js AI API. Include the library in your web app or Node.js project and start making calls with just a few lines of JavaScript — no backend and no configuration required. You can also use it with Python or cURL via Puter's OpenAI-compatible API.
Yes, it is free if you're using it through Puter.js. With the User-Pays Model, you can add Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite to your app at no cost — your users pay for their own AI usage directly, making it completely free for you as a developer.
| Price per 1M tokens | |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.25 |
| Output | $1.5 |
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite was created by Google and released on Mar 18, 2026.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite supports a context window of 1M tokens. For reference, that is roughly equivalent to 2,097 pages of text.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite can generate up to 66K tokens in a single response.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has a knowledge cutoff date of Jan 2025. This means the model was trained on data available up to that date.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite accepts the following input types: text, image, video, audio, pdf. It produces: text.
Yes, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite supports tool use (function calling), allowing it to interact with external tools, APIs, and data sources as part of its response flow.
Yes — the Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite API works with any JavaScript framework, Node.js, or plain HTML through Puter.js. Just include the library and start building. See the documentation for more details.
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