Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning)
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite comes from Google and DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning) from DeepSeek. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite holds more in a single conversation — 1.0M tokens against 128K — which matters for long documents and large codebases.
DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning) is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.03 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | |
| Model ID | gemini-3.5-flash-lite | deepseek-reasoner |
| Context window | 1.0M | 128K |
| Max output | 66K | 64K |
| Input price | $0.30 / 1M tokens | $0.03 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $2.50 / 1M tokens | $0.42 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text, image, file, audio, video | text |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | Free | Free |
Which should you use?
Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite when…
- You need the larger context window — 1.0M against 128K.
- You want longer single responses — up to 66K output tokens.
- You need image and file and audio and video input, which the other model does not accept.
Pick DeepSeek-V3.2 (Reasoning) when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $0.03 / 1M tokens versus $0.30 / 1M tokens.
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