Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview vs GPT-5.6 Terra
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview comes from Google and GPT-5.6 Terra from OpenAI. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
GPT-5.6 Terra holds more in a single conversation — 1.1M tokens against 1.0M — which matters for long documents and large codebases.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.25 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview | GPT-5.6 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Model ID | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview | gpt-5.6-terra |
| Context window | 1.0M | 1.1M |
| Max output | 66K | 128K |
| Input price | $0.25 / 1M tokens | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $1.50 / 1M tokens | $12.00 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01 | — |
| Input types | text, image, video, audio, file | image, text |
| Output types | text | image, text |
| Plan | Free | Premium |
Which should you use?
Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $0.25 / 1M tokens versus $2.00 / 1M tokens.
- You need video and audio and file input, which the other model does not accept.
- You are on the free plan — this model is included without an upgrade.
Pick GPT-5.6 Terra when…
- You need the larger context window — 1.1M against 1.0M.
- You want longer single responses — up to 128K output tokens.
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Try both on Clade
You do not have to choose. One Clade subscription gives you Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview, GPT-5.6 Terra, and every other model on the platform.