# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs SWE-1.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and SWE-1.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-lite-vs-swe-1-7
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and SWE-1.7 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.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | SWE-1.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Cognition |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 60.5 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.4 (Estimated · #104/151)
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: 53.5 (Estimated · #41/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | SWE-1.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54% | 81.5% | SWE-1.7 |
| 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: 43.6 (Supported · #121/183)
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: 55.1 (Estimated · #44/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | SWE-1.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54.0% | 81.5% | SWE-1.7 |
| 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 |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 76.1 (#16/48)
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | SWE-1.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #71/181)
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | SWE-1.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and SWE-1.7?

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)
- [SWE-1.7 profile](/models/swe-1-7)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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