Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Tested: Not Frontier-Optimal, but Hits 350 tok/s
brandon_galang · x · 2026-07-22
A developer noted that while the recently released Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite aren't bad, they lack frontier competitiveness when better and cheaper options exist.
However, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite still offers practical utility due to its impressive inference speed of 350 tokens per second.
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