gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview vs gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14
Lower price
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview
Faster
gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14
Higher efficiency
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview
Input price
$0.25
$0.40
Output price
$1.50
$1.60
Context window
1049K
1048K
Throughput
153 tok/s
169 tok/s
Availability
98.3%
97.6%
Cost / task
$0.001
$0.002
Efficiency score
96
96
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
GEMINI-3.1-FLA
GPT-4.1-MINI-2
Chat assistant
$255.00
$312.00
RAG / long context
$435.00
$624.00
Agent / tool use
$720.00
$864.00
Efficiency score: gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview
Across price, speed and reliability, gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview or gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 cheaper?+
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview has the lower input price — $0.25 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview or gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14?+
Across price, speed and reliability, gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.