Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Inkling Small: side-by-side summary

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Inkling Small are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, from Google, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Inkling Small, from thinkingmachines, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.45/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 1,048,576 tokens
• Inkling Small: 1,048,576 tokens

Price

• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
• Inkling Small: $0.45/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output

Provided by

• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: Google
• Inkling Small: thinkingmachines

• Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite model details, providers and pricing
• Inkling Small model details, providers and pricing