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Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

READER SUMMARY

A very fast and inexpensive Gemini tier for high-throughput agentic search, document processing, coding, computer use, and multi-step subagent workloads.

DOOM SCORE71.1out of 100model risk profile, not the overall index
CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1

Why this model scores 71.1

The tier has lower frontier capability than 3.6 Flash but very high speed, low cost, built-in computer use, and exceptionally broad consumer, search, API, and enterprise reach. Its weaker raw capability and managed deployment reduce misuse and residual control difficulty relative to higher-end or open-weight models.

Capability72
Autonomy76
Deployment99
Misuse potential60
Control difficulty52
MODEL-ATTRIBUTED EVIDENCE

News tied to Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

The model score of 71.1 rates this model's risk profile. The overall Doom Index of 67.7 measures the accumulated evidence trajectory. These values answer different questions.

NET MODEL-ATTRIBUTED INDEX CONTRIBUTION+1.13

Each article's signed Doom Index movement is divided equally among the exact models named on that article. This prevents multi-model evidence from being counted in full on several model pages. The model's risk score itself never changes the overall index.

DeploymentTOWARD

Google releases Gemini Flash models for scaled agentic work

Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite broadly across developer, enterprise, consumer, and search surfaces, while limiting the specialized 3.5 Flash Cyber model to governments and trusted partners through CodeMender.

Full item movement
+3.38
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite equal share
+1.13
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Model score history

  1. R1
    Doom Score 71.1

    Initial source-backed profile for the exact public release tier.

    11 Aug 2026