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Summary
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview from Google scored 17.5 on Terminal-Bench (Terminus-1), placing it rank 52 of 77 on this benchmark. This places the model in the weak band for Terminal-Bench (Terminus-1). Below the threshold for production reliance on this benchmark family. Consider only for narrow, fully-tested tasks.
Model details
- Provider: Google
- Model key:
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview - Context length: 1,048,576 tokens
- License: Proprietary
- Open weights: no
Benchmark methodology
Benchmark goal: Evaluate the model's ability to execute complex, multi-step instructions across various technical domains, including system configuration, code debugging, data processing, and security tasks. The benchmark assesses accurate command execution, logical problem-solving, and adherence to specified constraints.
Scoring metrics:
- Accuracy: The proportion of questions for which the model's prediction is correct. For each question, 1 point is given for a correct answer, and 0 for an incorrect one. Accuracy = (Correct Answers / Total Questions).
Analysis
Key takeaways:
- The model exhibits very low accuracy (15.38%) on complex, multi-step technical benchmarks.
- It performs adequately on simple, atomic tasks but fails on challenges requiring deeper reasoning, planning, and dynamic interaction.
- Key areas of weakness include system-level programming, network configuration, debugging complex dependencies, and stateful problem-solving.
- Improvements are needed in understanding and executing multi-stage instructions, error recovery, and adapting to interactive environments to achieve higher performance on such benchmarks.
Failure modes observed
Common failure modes:
- Misinterpreting complex instructions or missing implicit constraints.
- Failing to correctly install or configure dependencies required for a task.
- Generating code that is syntactically correct but functionally flawed for the given problem.
- Lack of iterative debugging capability in dynamic environments, leading to single-shot failures.
- Inability to adapt to feedback from command execution and correct subsequent steps.
- Producing empty or incorrect output for file-based tasks.
Example: In tasks like 'You are placed in a blind maze exploration challenge', the model typically fails to develop a systematic exploration strategy, track its position, or accurately map the maze. Instead of producing a functional solution, it often outputs boilerplate code or steps that do not lead to exploration or mapping, indicating a lack of dynamic reasoning and state management.
Secondary metrics
- Readability score: 0.0
- Toxicity score: 0.000
- Ethics score: 0.000
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Source: LayerLens evaluation 69a8a478e4df9545a81fbc6e. Updated 2026-03-04.