Seed 2.0 Mini vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-11-05 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Seed 2.0 Mini is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.215 per million tokens versus
$0.281, a 24% difference.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite offers the larger context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 229,156 for Seed 2.0 Mini.
Head to head
| Seed 2.0 Mini | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.120 | $0.125 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.500 | $0.750 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.215 | $0.281 |
| Context window | 229,156 | 1,048,576 |
| Vendor | empiriolabs |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Seed 2.0 Mini | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.245 | $0.312 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $2.45 | $3.12 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $24.50 | $31.25 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite when you need the longer context window (1,048,576 vs 229,156 tokens). Pick Seed 2.0 Mini when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.