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ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite are both current text models, from Baidu and Google. ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is 7% cheaper per 1M input tokens than Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, $0.28 vs $0.30. Both accept about 1.05M tokens of context (1,000,000 and 1,048,576).

Lower price per 1M input tokens
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview$0.28 against $0.30
Longer context window
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite1.05M tokens against 1M tokens
Newer release
ERNIE 5.5 Flash PreviewNov 2026 against Jul 2026

Data verified November 11, 2026 · Dataset 2026-11-11

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Side by side

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, line by line

Prices in effect today, compared at the same tier wherever both list one. The better value in each row is highlighted.

FactERNIE 5.5 Flash PreviewGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Price
Price per 1M input tokens$0.28 (better)$0.30
Price per 1M output tokens$1.13 (better)$2.50
Independent benchmarks
Arena TextNot measured1455 Elo (#28 of 48)
Arena WebDevNot measured1435 Elo (#38 of 44)
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.3% (#35 of 40)
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)Not measured26% (#37 of 39)
Specs
ProviderBaiduGoogle
Release dateNovember 11, 2026July 21, 2026
AccessAPI onlyAPI only
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Max output1,000,000 tokens65,536 tokens
Inputtexttext, image, audio, video
Outputtexttext

No independent benchmark has scored both models yet. Each rank counts the current models scored on that benchmark.

Scores:Arena · 2026-11-11Epoch AI · 2026-11-11

Charts

Against every current text model

Where ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite land among the current models of their task, on every independent benchmark, on price and on context.

Where each stands

Only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has a current Arena Text score: #28 of 48. Each bar is the share of current models it beats.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite among the current text models, one row per benchmark, price and context window.

Independent benchmarks

Arena Text

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview: Not scored

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite:#28of 48

1,455 Elo · ahead of 43%

Arena WebDev

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview: Not scored

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite:#38of 44

1,435 Elo · ahead of 14%

GPQA Diamond

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview: Not scored

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite:#35of 40

83.3% · ahead of 13%

FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview: Not scored

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite:#37of 39

26% · ahead of 5%

Price and context

Price per 1M input tokens

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview:#12of 57

$0.28 · cheaper than 80%

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite:#13of 57

$0.30 · cheaper than 71%

Price per 1M output tokens

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview:#12of 57

$1.13 · cheaper than 80%

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite:#20of 57

$2.50 · cheaper than 63%

Context window

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview:#29of 67

1M tokens · longer than 24%

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite:#12of 67

1.05M tokens · longer than 64%

Scores fromArena · 2026-11-11Epoch AI · 2026-11-11

Quality against price

Arena Text · measured November 9, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite scores 1,455 at $0.85 (blended price per 1M tokens). The line joins the current models no other beats on both price and Arena Text score; hover any point to name it.

Quality against priceArena Text score against price for 40 text models, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite marked.1,2501,3001,3501,4001,4501,5001,550$0.30$1$3$10MOST ATTRACTIVE QUADRANTMedian price $2.08Median 1,472Blended price per 1M tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scaleArena Text (Elo)Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Quality against price: the data
Arena Text score against price for 40 text models, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite marked.
ModelProviderBlended price per 1M tokensArena Text (Elo)
Gemini 4 CarbonGoogle$41,526
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle$41,522
Muse WonderMeta$81,511
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic$81,506
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle$1.501,497
Muse Spark 1.3Meta$21,496
Kimi K3Moonshot Kimi$61,487
GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI$81,485
Qwen3.8-MaxAlibaba Qwen$31,484
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle$31,483
GLM-5.3Z.ai$2.151,483
GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI$41,482
GPT-5.5OpenAI$111,481
MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi MiMo$0.541,480
GPT-5.4OpenAI$5.631,475
DeepSeek-V4.1-FlashDeepSeek$0.521,475
GPT-6 AstraOpenAI$201,474
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai$0.241,474
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle$1.131,473
Grok 4.20xAI$1.561,472
Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic$41,472
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI$4.501,468
Grok 4.5xAI$31,466
DeepSeek-V4-ProDeepSeek$1.981,464
GPT-6 SolOpenAI$41,457
Grok 4.6xAI$31,456
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle$0.851,455
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI$0.451,453
MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi MiMo$0.181,448
Step 5 PreviewStepFun$1.431,448
Grok 4.3xAI$1.561,442
Grok 4.7xAI$31,442
GPT-6 LunaOpenAI$0.201,441
Mistral Large 4Mistral AI$1.051,423
Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic$0.201,422
GPT-4.1OpenAI$3.501,415
Inkling 2 SmallThinking Machines Lab$0.471,412
Solar Pro 4Upstage$0.521,387
GPT-4.1 miniOpenAI$0.701,383
GPT-4.1 nanoOpenAI$0.181,322

Cost

What each costs

Example workloads at each provider's listed rates, then every other rate either one lists. The cheaper figure in each row is highlighted.

The same work, priced

For 10M input and 2M output tokens, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs 1.6 times as much as ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview, at each provider's listed rates.

What ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cost for the same work, at the rates each provider lists.

  • 10M input and 2M output tokens

    Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs 1.6× as much

    ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
    $5.06
    Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
    $8

  • The same, with 9M of the input tokens cached

    Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs 2.0× as much

    ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
    $2.79
    Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
    $5.57
Workload or rateERNIE 5.5 Flash PreviewGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Example workloads
10M input and 2M output tokens$5.06 (better)$8
The same, with 9M of the input tokens cached$2.79 (better)$5.57
Other listed rates
1M input tokens, cached$0.028 (better)$0.03

Your own bill will differ. These figures use list prices and example workloads. The AI Model Cost Audit reviews your real usage, shortlists models that score as well for each task for less, and estimates the savings.

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Verdict

When to choose each

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Where it leads

  • Lower input and output prices, $0.28 and $1.13 vs $0.30 and $2.50 per 1M tokens
  • Longer responses, up to 1,000,000 vs 65,536 output tokens
  • Cheaper cached input, $0.028 vs $0.03 per 1M tokens

Best for

  • Low-cost agents for spreadsheets, office documents and tool calls over MCP, where text input is enough
  • Long-horizon coding and game or 3D scene building inside an agent harness, at a Flash-tier price

Watch out for

  • A preview, served only through Baidu Qianfan: Baidu says the weights will be open-sourced under Apache 2.0 soon, but they are not out yet
  • Text only: it cannot read images, and in Baidu tests that needed vision a tool running Claude Opus 5.5 described the screen for it
  • In Baidu's own table it trails Hy4 on APEX-Agents 1.1 (64.2% against 75.0%) and DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on DeepSWE v1.1 (71.2% against 77.0%), and stays far behind GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 on Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (21.0% against 57.0% and 63.3%)
  • Epoch AI and Arena have not scored it yet
Full ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview profile

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Where it leads

  • Accepts image, audio and video input

Best for

  • High-volume extraction, structured parsing, and cost-sensitive subagent trials

Watch out for

  • The represented prices are standard API rates; batch, flex, and priority consumption use different rates
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FAQ

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite FAQ

Which is cheaper, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview or Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is 7% cheaper per 1M input tokens than Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, $0.28 vs $0.30. For 10M input and 2M output tokens, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview costs $5.06 and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $8 at standard rates.

Which is cheaper with prompt caching, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview or Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview charges $0.028 per 1M cached input tokens, 90% below its standard input rate, and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $0.03, 90% below. With 9M of 10M input tokens cached and 2M output tokens, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview costs $2.79 and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $5.57.

Which has the larger context window, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview or Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

Both accept about 1.05M tokens of context (1,000,000 and 1,048,576). ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview returns up to 1,000,000 tokens per response, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 65,536.

How do ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite differ in features?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview takes text input; Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite takes text, image, audio and video.

Further reading

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