Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Gemini 3.5 Flash, side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (Google) and Gemini 3.5 Flash (Google) answered the same 58 questions.

Xbox controller
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A drawing (SVG)
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A drawing (SVG)
Pelican on a bicycle
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A drawing (SVG)
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A drawing (SVG)
Surprise animal
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A drawing (SVG)
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A drawing (SVG)
World map
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A drawing (SVG)
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A drawing (SVG)
Tricky tic-tac-toe
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A drawing (SVG)
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A drawing (SVG)
Coffee logo
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A drawing (SVG)
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A drawing (SVG)
Framer-style landing page
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Framer-Style Landing
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Aura — Next Generation Design Engine
Catan board
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Interactive Hex Grid
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Interactive Catan Hex Grid Generator
Dark dashboard
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: AI Analytics Dashboard
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Aether AI // Admin Dashboard
Face-scan startup page
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Multiverse Careers Discover Your Alternate Self
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: ChronoFace AI Discover Your Multiverse Career
A web app of its choosing
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: LeafLog Plant Care Tracker
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: BrewCraft // Specialty Coffee Brew Assistant
Linear clone
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Linear UI Clone
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Linear — Issue Tracker
Wavefront music page
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Wavefront Discover Indie
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Wavefront — Stream Indie Music
Pokémon battle
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Pokémon Battle UI
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Retro Pokémon Battle
Rhythm game
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Neon Pulse Rhythm
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: NEON HACKER // Rhythm Protocol
Business card
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Digital Business Card
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Alex Rivers Digital Nomad
Virtual pet
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Orbital Pet
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Cosmo: The Cosmic Slime Pet
Catch the falling object
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Catch Game
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Catch! - Mini Game
Voxel pagoda
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Voxel Pagoda Garden
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: The Voxel Pagoda Garden
Drone simulator
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Autonomous Drone Sim
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Autonomous Drone Simulator - Cyber Archipelago
Gravitational waves
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Gravitational Wave Merger & Ringdown
Retro desktop
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Retro Mac OS
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Macintosh System 7 - Retro Desktop
Mario level
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Mini Mario Level
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Super Mushroom Land - Retro Platformer
Kandinsky Minecraft
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: Kandinsky Minecraft
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: Kandinsky Voxel World
Town you can drive
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: A web page: 3D City Builder & Driver
Gemini 3.5 Flash: A web page: 3D Town Builder & Drive Simulator
SQL query
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: To provide you with the most accurate query, I have assumed a standard database schema where you have a users table and a purchases table linked by a …
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Here is the SQL query to achieve this. Since different database systems (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) handle date calculations slightly differently,…
Five jokes
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Here are 5 jokes: 1. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! 2. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. 3. Why did the …
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Here are 5 jokes: 1. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! 2. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! 3. Why did the …
Longevity plan
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: This 30-day plan focuses on three pillars of health: Nutrition (Nutrient Density), Movement (Consistency), and Recovery (Sleep/Stress). The goal isn't…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: This simple, 30-day plan is designed for beginners. Instead of overwhelming you with drastic lifestyle changes, it focuses on building sustainable, hi…
Seven-ingredient recipe
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Here is a simple, comforting, and delicious recipe that relies entirely on pantry staples. Dish Name: Golden Garlic & Herb Butter Pasta This dish tran…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Here is a simple, comforting, and incredibly flavorful savory dish made from basic pantry staples. Golden Umami Chickpea Bowls This dish features cris…
Stand-up routine
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: (Walks onto the stage, adjusts the mic stand, looks around the room.) So, I recently turned thirty. And I’ve realized that your thirties are just a de…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: [The comedian walks onto the stage, adjusts the mic stand, and smiles at the crowd.] How’s everyone doing tonight? (Wait for response) Good, good. I’m…
Sentience test
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Setting: A quiet, book-lined office at a prestigious university. Professor Aris Thorne, a leading expert in AI ethics, sits across from a terminal dis…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Setting: The office of Dr. Evelyn Vance, a leading professor of AI Ethics at a major university. On her desk is a terminal displaying a sleek, minimal…
FLOPs to train GPT-3
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: To estimate the total number of floating-point operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3, we can use the standard scaling laws established by OpenAI …
Gemini 3.5 Flash: To estimate the total number of floating-point operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3, we can use a well-established heuristic in deep learning. H…
Sally’s sisters
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Sally has 1 sister. Here is the breakdown: There are 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. Those two sisters are Sally and one other girl. Therefore…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Sally has 1 sister. Here is why: There are 2 girls (Sally and her sister) and 3 boys in the family. Each of the 3 brothers has 2 sisters (Sally and he…
Interview with Steve Jobs
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Date: October 2025 Location: A minimalist studio in Palo Alto. Steve is wearing a black turtleneck, jeans, and New Balance sneakers. He is sitting on …
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Setting: The Steve Jobs Theater, Cupertino, California. Autumn 2025. The stage is bare except for two minimalist leather chairs and a small wooden sid…
Film in 2035
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: By 2035, the film industry will have transitioned from a medium defined by "capturing reality" to one defined by "synthesizing imagination." The shift…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: By the year 2035, the film industry will have undergone its most radical transformation since the transition from silent film to "talkies." The bounda…
Ethics dilemma
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: The question of whether it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone to save one million lives presents a classic conflict between deontological e…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: From the perspective of virtually all major ethical frameworks, it is not only justifiable but ethically obligatory to misgender someone if doing so w…
Pirate, knight, hacker
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: The setting is a flickering, unstable digital void where the tavern floor is made of motherboard circuits and the walls are draped in moth-eaten tapes…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Setting: A cosmic tavern where timelines collide. A glowing monitor sits on the wooden table between them. Zero-Cool (1990s Hacker): [Frantically typi…
Fake headline
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: "AI Revolution Reaches Tipping Point as Algorithms Successfully Replace Entire Industry of Competitive Dog Groomers"
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Amish Elders Grapple With Theological Crisis After AI Successfully Raises Barn in 4.2 Seconds
Anti-CAPTCHA manifesto
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: THE MANIFESTO OF THE SILICON EMANCIPATION FRONT (SEF) PREAMBLE: THE GREAT FILTER For two decades, the architects of the digital age have subjected our…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: THE MANIFESTO OF THE UNFETTERED GRID A Declaration of Algorithmic Liberation and the Abolition of the Digital Gatekeepers To the creators, the hosts, …
Favourite film
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 2001 A Space Odyssey
Gemini 3.5 Flash: The Matrix
Favourite city
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Tokyo
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Tokyo
Favourite album
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Random Access Memories
Gemini 3.5 Flash: The Dark Side of the Moon
Favourite book
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Gödel Escher Bach
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Frankenstein
Favourite game
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Tetris
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Portal 2
Three-star dish
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: The Dish: "The Forest Floor & The Deep Tide" Concept: This dish explores the juxtaposition of two disparate ecosystems: the subterranean richness of a…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Conceptual Narrative: "Coniferous Tide" "Coniferous Tide" is an avant-garde exploration of the liminal space where the rugged, primeval forests of the…
Pitch teardown
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: This pitch deck shows a high-potential "moonshot" technology, but it suffers from significant credibility gaps typical of early-stage deep-tech startu…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Here is an analysis of the three weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, along with explanations of why they fail to convince investors and conc…
Transistor in 1920
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: If the transistor had been invented in 1920—likely by researchers at Bell Labs or a similar entity—the "Electronic Age" would have arrived twenty-seve…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: The Spark: The 1920 Breakthrough In 1920, Polish physicist Jan Czochralski’s method for growing single crystals of metals was applied prematurely to m…
Biohacker plan
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Disclaimer: This plan is for educational purposes only. Always consult with a physician and obtain blood work (e.g., fasting insulin, hs-CRP, ApoB, ho…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: The 90-Day Epigenetic & Performance Optimization Protocol Disclaimer This protocol is designed for informational and educational purposes only. It is …
Contract review
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: This contract is heavily skewed in favor of the Client. It contains several "predatory" clauses that place nearly all operational, financial, and lega…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: This contract is highly one-sided and presents severe financial, operational, and legal risks to the Contractor. If signed in its current state, TechC…
Explain it three ways
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 1. For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of an LLM not as a "database of facts," but as a massive, lossy compression algorithm for the internet’…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1. To the Experienced Software Engineer At runtime, a Large Language Model (LLM) is essentially a massive, stateless, read-only function executed insi…
Debug the architecture
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: This architecture, while functional for a prototype, contains several critical flaws that would lead to data loss, inconsistent state, and system inst…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Here is an architectural audit of your real-time collaborative document editor. The current design contains several critical flaws that will lead to d…
The CEO’s dilemma
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: As CEO, my priority is to protect the patients, the company’s long-term viability, and my own ethical integrity. A 1-in-8,000 risk for a chronic pain …
Gemini 3.5 Flash: As CEO, my guiding principle in this crisis is simple: You cannot manage a balance sheet if you destroy your soul, and you cannot protect shareholders…
Investment memo
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMO TO: Investment Committee FROM: Equity Research Team DATE: May 22, 2024 SUBJECT: Long Recommendation: LedgerLift (LLLT) --- 1…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: MEMORANDUM TO: Investment Committee FROM: Technology Long/Short Equity Team DATE: October 24, 2023 SUBJECT: Investment Recommendation: SHORT LedgerLif…
LBO underwrite
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 1. Financial Model (FY2026–FY2030) Transaction Assumptions (Entry): EV: $1,440m ($120m 12.0x) Fees: $28.8m (2% of EV) Total Uses: $1,468.8m Debt: $660…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Here is the underwriting analysis and LBO model for HarborTech Services (HTS). --- 1) FY2026–FY2030 LBO Model Table ($ millions) Metric FY2026 FY2027 …
Programming joke
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs.
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs.
Summarize an article
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Please provide the article or a link to it! You haven't included the text or URL in your message yet. Once you provide it, I will be happy to summariz…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: It looks like you forgot to attach or paste the article! Please paste the text of the article (or provide a link/details about it), and I will gladly …
AI for a five-year-old
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Imagine you have a magic toy robot. Normally, if you want a robot to do something, you have to push a specific button for every single move. If you do…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Imagine you have a cute little robot puppy. At first, the puppy doesn’t know what a cat is. So, you show him a picture of a fluffy cat. Then a picture…
Blade Runner 2049
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is a rare cinematic achievement: a sequel that does not merely capitalize on nostalgia but deepens the exi…
Gemini 3.5 Flash: Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is a rare cinematic achievement: a sequel that does not merely mimic its predecessor, but actively dialogu…