# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Quasar 438B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Quasar 438B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-lite-vs-quasar-438b
- Last updated: October 17, 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 Quasar 438B 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.
- Quasar 438B has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Quasar 438B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Multiverse Computing |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 49.62 | 48.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $0.60 / $1.80 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 35.6 (Supported · #79/128)
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 40 (Estimated · #67/128)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | 69.3% | Quasar 438B |
| 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: 35.8 (Supported · #76/150)
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 41.2 (Estimated · #63/150)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | 69.3% | Quasar 438B |
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 71.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 78.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #84/184)
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 46.7 (Estimated · #92/184)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 37.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Quasar 438B | 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 Quasar 438B?

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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- [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite profile](/models/gemini-3-5-flash-lite)
- [Quasar 438B profile](/models/quasar-438b)
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