Label	Element	Value
Risk Return Abstract	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Registrant Name	dei_EntityRegistrantName	Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust
Prospectus Date	rr_ProspectusDate	Apr. 30, 2025
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund
Risk Return Abstract	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Risk/Return [Heading]	rr_RiskReturnHeading	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund—Summary</span>
Objective [Heading]	rr_ObjectiveHeading	<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">Investment Objective</span>
Objective, Primary [Text Block]	rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock	The Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term growth of capital.
Expense [Heading]	rr_ExpenseHeading	<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">Fees and Expenses of the Fund</span>
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock	This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell Service Shares of the Fund. This table does not reflect the fees and expenses associated with any variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy that uses the Fund as an investment option. Had those fees and expenses been included, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Operating Expenses Caption [Text]	rr_OperatingExpensesCaption	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Fund Operating Expenses </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:7pt;font-weight:bold;">(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)</span>
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination	<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7.5pt;font-style:italic;">April 30, 2026</span>
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading	<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">Portfolio Turnover</span>
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock	The Fund pays transaction costs when it buys and sells securities or instruments (i.e., “turns over” its portfolio). A high rate of portfolio turnover may result in increased transaction costs, including brokerage commissions, which must be borne by the Fund and its shareholders. These costs are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the expense example above, but are reflected in the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate	rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate	39.00%
Expense Example [Heading]	rr_ExpenseExampleHeading	<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">Expense Example</span>
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock	This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. This Example does not reflect the fees and expenses associated with any variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy that uses the Fund as an investment option. Had those fees and expenses been included, the costs shown below would be higher. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in Service Shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Service Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (except that the Example incorporates any applicable fee waiver and/or expense limitation arrangements for only the first year). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">Principal Strategy</span>
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 90% of its total assets measured at the time of purchase (“Total Assets”) in equity investments. Although the Fund invests primarily in publicly traded U.S. securities, it may invest up to 25% of its Total Assets in foreign securities, including securities of issuers in countries with emerging markets or economies (“emerging countries”) and securities quoted in foreign currencies. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, in companies that are considered by the Investment Adviser to be positioned for long-term growth. The Fund’s fundamental equity growth investment process involves evaluating potential investments based on specific characteristics believed to indicate a high-quality business with sustainable growth, including strong business franchises, favorable long-term prospects, and excellent management. The Investment Adviser will also consider valuation of companies when determining whether to buy and/or sell securities. The Investment Adviser may integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors alongside traditional fundamental factors as part of its fundamental research process. No one factor or consideration is determinative in the stock selection process. The Investment Adviser may decide to sell a position for various reasons, including when a company’s fundamental outlook deteriorates, because of valuation and price considerations, for risk management purposes, or when a company is deemed to be misallocating capital. In addition, the Investment Adviser may sell a position in order to meet shareholder redemptions. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its Total Assets in fixed income securities, such as government, corporate and bank debt obligations. The Investment Adviser measures the Fund’s performance against the Russell 1000® Growth Index. THE FUND IS “NON-DIVERSIFIED” UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED, AND MAY INVEST A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF ITS ASSETS IN FEWER ISSUERS THAN DIVERSIFIED MUTUAL FUNDS.
Risk [Heading]	rr_RiskHeading	<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">Principal Risks of the Fund</span>
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]	rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading	<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">Performance</span>
Performance Narrative [Text Block]	rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock	The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing: (a) changes in the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Shares from year to year; and (b) how the average annual total returns of the Fund’s Institutional Shares compare to those of regulatorily-required broad-based securities market index (Russell 1000® Index) (the “Regulatory Benchmark”) and the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the “Performance Benchmark”). The Performance Benchmark is generally more representative of the market sectors and/or types of investments in which the Fund invests or to which the Fund has exposure and which the Investment Adviser uses to measure the Fund’s performance. The Fund has included in the table below the performance of the Regulatory Benchmark, which represents a broader measure of market performance, to comply with new regulatory requirements. For additional information about these benchmark indices, please see “Additional Performance and Benchmark Information” on page 6 of the Prospectus.The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown. In addition, performance reflects Fund level expenses but does not reflect the fees and expenses associated with any variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy that uses the Fund as an investment option for any contract or policy. Had performance reflected all of those fees and expenses, performance would have been reduced. Updated performance information is available at no cost at am.gs.com or by calling the phone number on the back cover of the Prospectus.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]	rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns	<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:9pt;">The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing: (a) changes in the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Shares from year to year; and (b) how the average annual total returns of the Fund’s Institutional Shares compare to those of regulatorily-required broad-based securities market index (Russell 1000</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:5.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.75pt;">®</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:9pt;"> Index)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:9pt;line-height:11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:9pt;">(the “Regulatory Benchmark”) and the Russell 1000</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:5.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.75pt;">®</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:9pt;"> Growth Index (the “Performance Benchmark”). The Performance Benchmark is generally more representative of the market sectors and/or types of investments in which the Fund invests or to which the Fund has exposure and which the Investment Adviser uses to measure the Fund’s performance.</span>
Performance Availability Website Address [Text]	rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress	<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:9pt;">am.gs.com</span>
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]	rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture	<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:9pt;">The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.</span>
Bar Chart [Heading]	rr_BarChartHeading	<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:24%;">CALENDAR YEAR</span>
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]	rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock	During the periods shown in the chart above:ReturnsQuarter endedBest Quarter Return27.60%June 30, 2020Worst Quarter Return-23.03%June 30, 2022
Performance Table Heading	rr_PerformanceTableHeading	<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:6pt;text-transform:uppercase;">AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN</span><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;">For the period ended December 31, 2024</span>
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]	rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes	<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7.5pt;font-style:italic;">Benchmark returns do not reflect any deductions for fees or expenses.</span>
Performance Table Narrative	rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock	Benchmark returns do not reflect any deductions for fees or expenses.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Risk Nondiversified Status [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Non-Diversification Risk.  The Fund is non-diversified, meaning that it is permitted to invest a larger percentage of its assets in one or more issuers or in fewer issuers than diversified  mutual funds. Thus, the Fund may be more susceptible to adverse developments affecting any single issuer held in its portfolio, and may be more susceptible to greater losses because of these developments.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any government agency.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Foreign and Emerging Countries Risk [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Foreign and Emerging Countries Risk.  Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation; less public information; less stringent investor protections; less stringent accounting, corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards; and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which the Fund invests. The imposition of sanctions, exchange controls (including repatriation restrictions), confiscations, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the United States and other governments, or from problems in share registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. The type and severity of sanctions and other similar measures, including counter sanctions and other retaliatory actions, that may be imposed could vary broadly in scope, and their impact is impossible to predict. For example, the imposition of sanctions and other similar measures could, among other things, cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by the sanctioned country or companies located in or economically tied to the sanctioned country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world. Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent the Fund from buying and selling securities (in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of securities transactions, and significantly impact the Fund’s liquidity and performance. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. These risks are more pronounced in connection with the Fund’s investments in securities of issuers located in, or otherwise economically tied to, emerging countries.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Investment Style Risk [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Investment Style Risk.  Different investment styles (e.g., “growth”, “value” or “quantitative”) tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market and economic conditions and investor sentiment. The Fund may outperform or underperform other funds that invest in similar asset classes but employ different investment styles.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Large Shareholder Transactions Risk [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Large Shareholder Transactions Risk. The Fund may experience adverse effects when certain large shareholders purchase or redeem large amounts of shares of the Fund. Such large shareholder redemptions, which may occur rapidly or unexpectedly, may cause the Fund to sell portfolio securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and liquidity. Similarly, large Fund share purchases may adversely affect the Fund’s performance to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash or otherwise maintains a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. These transactions may also increase transaction costs. In addition, a large redemption could result in the Fund’s current expenses being allocated over a smaller asset base, leading to an increase in the Fund’s expense ratio.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Market Risk [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Market Risk. The value of the securities in which the Fund  invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors, governments or countries and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. Events such as war, military conflict, geopolitical disputes, acts of terrorism, social or political unrest, natural disasters, recessions, inflation, rapid interest rate changes, supply chain disruptions, tariffs and other restrictions on trade, sanctions or the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats, or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments, could also significantly impact the Fund and its investments.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Sector Risk [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Sector Risk.  To the extent the Fund focuses its investments in securities of issuers in one or more sectors (such as the information technology sector), the Fund will be subject, to a greater extent than if its investments were diversified across different sectors, to the risks of volatile economic cycles and/or conditions and developments that may be particular to that sector, such as: adverse economic, business, political, environmental or other developments.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Stock Risk [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Stock Risk.  Stock prices have historically risen and fallen in periodic cycles. U.S.and foreign stock markets have experienced periods of substantial price volatility in the past and may do so again in the future.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Tax Diversification Risk [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Tax Diversification Risk. The Fund intends to meet the diversification requirements that are applicable to insurance company separate accounts under Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (the “Diversification Requirements”). In order for the Fund to qualify for “look through” treatment under the Diversification Requirements, Fund shares must be sold only to persons permitted to hold shares, directly or indirectly (each, a “Permitted Investor”), under Section 817 of the Code and Treasury Regulation 1.817-5(f), as supplemented by published rulings and procedures issued thereunder by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). To the extent an investor in Fund shares no longer qualifies as a Permitted Investor, and such investor fails to restore its status as a Permitted Investor or obtain a waiver or closing agreement with respect to such failure from the IRS, the Fund may no longer qualify for “look through” treatment. Therefore, in testing compliance with the Diversification Requirements, an investor in the Fund, such as, for example, an insurance company separate account, no longer would be able to look through the Fund to its underlying investments. Instead, the Fund would be considered a single investment for purposes of the Diversification Requirements. A failure to satisfy the Diversification Requirements (whether resulting from investors in Fund shares or otherwise) could have significant adverse tax consequences for variable contract owners whose contract values are determined by investment in the Fund. See “Taxation” in the Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) for more information.
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Service Shares
Risk Return Abstract	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.71%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.25%
Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.08%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.04%
Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.08%)	[1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	0.96%
1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	$ 98
3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	323
5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	566
10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	$ 1,264
2015	rr_AnnualReturn2015	3.14%
2016	rr_AnnualReturn2016	1.69%
2017	rr_AnnualReturn2017	30.36%
2018	rr_AnnualReturn2018	(1.32%)
2019	rr_AnnualReturn2019	35.32%
2020	rr_AnnualReturn2020	39.98%
2021	rr_AnnualReturn2021	21.56%
2022	rr_AnnualReturn2022	(32.68%)
2023	rr_AnnualReturn2023	41.65%
2024	rr_AnnualReturn2024	31.99%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;">Best Quarter Return</span>
Highest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate	Jun. 30, 2020
Highest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn	27.60%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;">Worst Quarter Return</span>
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate	Jun. 30, 2022
Lowest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn	(23.03%)
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	31.99%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	16.47%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	14.61%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Jan. 09, 2006
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Russell 1000® Index
Risk Return Abstract	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	24.44%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	14.26%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	12.86%
Service | Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund | Russell 1000® Growth Index
Risk Return Abstract	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	33.25%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	18.94%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	16.76%

[1] The Investment Adviser has agreed to (i) waive a portion of the management fee in order to achieve an effective net management fee rate of 0.68% of the Fund’s average daily net assets; and (ii) reduce or limit “Other Expenses” (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, transfer agency fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage fees, expenses of shareholder meetings, litigation and indemnification, and extraordinary expenses) to 0.004% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These arrangements will remain in effect through at least April 30, 2026, and prior to such date the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangements without the approval of the Board of Trustees.