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Atria Dawn Preview vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 29.8.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Google · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 29.8, ranking #10 overall.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Atria Dawn Preview wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.30/M input and $2.50/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
29.8
#124
Reasoning
50.5
#12
25.9
#149
Coding
36.2
#22
15.8
#129
Agents
38.8
#10
15.4
#84
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 2
0 of 2
Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$2.50 / M
Context window
—
1,048,576

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 6 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

2 shared

Atria Dawn Preview outperforms in 2 benchmarks (SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench 2.1), while Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is better at 0 benchmarks.

Atria Dawn Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Google
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite supports multimodal inputs, whereas Atria Dawn Preview does not.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Atria Dawn Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite was released on 2026-07-21.

Atria Dawn Preview is 2 months newer than Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

1mo newer
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Jul 21, 2026

2 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-03-31, while Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite's training data extends to 2026-03-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date.

Atria Dawn Preview

—

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Mar 2026

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Atria Dawn Preview
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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 29.8. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite scores CharXiv-R: 76.5%, OSWorld-Verified: 74.0%, SWE-Bench Pro: 54.2%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 54.0%, MLE-Bench: 39.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Atria Dawn Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

Atria Dawn Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 29.8), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is developed by Google.

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