Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Nova 2 Lite?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, at $1.70 per million tokens against $3.40 for Nova 2 Lite, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: $1.70 at Kilo Gateway. Nova 2 Lite: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $3.40 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, NanoGPT. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, at 1M tokens against 1M.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Nova 2 Lite.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite takes 2 of 5 rounds against Nova 2 Lite. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.70 per million tokens against $3.40.

Googlewins 2 rounds

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

$1.70/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Kilo Gateway · $0.165 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Kilo Gateway ↗

Amazon

Nova 2 Lite

$3.40/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.33 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

List price in (lower wins)

$0.30/M

List price out (lower wins)

$2.50/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$1.70/M at Kilo Gateway

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$3.40/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.165

$0.33

Context

1M tokens

Open weights

not stated

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

21 Jul 2026

2 Dec 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 4

Kilo Gateway$1.70 / $3.40
Nous Portal$3.40 / $3.40
OpenRouter$3.40 / $3.40
NanoGPT$3.40 / $5.78

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite then Nova 2 Lite, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteNous Portal$0.24 / $2 $0.30 / $2.5025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteRequesty$0.33 / $2.75 $0.30 / $2.509% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Nova 2 LiteNous Portal$0.24 / $2 $0.30 / $2.5025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Nova 2 Lite?: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, at $1.70 per million tokens against $3.40 for Nova 2 Lite, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: $1.70 at Kilo Gateway. Nova 2 Lite: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $3.40 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, NanoGPT. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, at 1M tokens against 1M.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.