# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Particle-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Particle-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-lite-vs-particle-1
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Particle-1 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Particle-1 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Particle-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Particle AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 46.72 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $0.25 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 35.4 (Supported · #89/135)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | 79.9% | Particle-1 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 35.1 (Supported · #82/156)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | 79.9% | Particle-1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 72.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 70.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 81.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ParseBench | 59.66% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 45.2 (Supported · #95/179)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 37.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Particle-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 25.965% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Particle-1?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite profile](/models/gemini-3-5-flash-lite)
- [Particle-1 profile](/models/particle-1)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)