Is gemini-3.1-flash-lite or text-embedding-3-small cheaper?

text-embedding-3-small is cheaper on output tokens ($0.00 vs $1.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, gemini-3.1-flash-lite or text-embedding-3-small?

gemini-3.1-flash-lite has the larger context window (1M tokens).

gemini-3.1-flash-lite vs text-embedding-3-small

text-embedding-3-small is cheaper on output tokens, while gemini-3.1-flash-lite offers a larger context window. Choose gemini-3.1-flash-lite or text-embedding-3-small based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	gemini-3.1-flash-lite	text-embedding-3-small
Provider	SAP AI Core	SAP AI Core
Input / 1M tokens	$0.25	$0.02
Output / 1M tokens	$1.50	$0.00
Context window	1M	8K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	May 2026	Jan 2024

gemini-3.1-flash-lite details →text-embedding-3-small details →

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