Google · Released Dec 17, 2025
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a high speed, high value thinking model designed for agentic workflows, multi turn chat, and coding assistance. It delivers near Pro level reasoning and tool...
- #1GeoBench
- Top 12%VPCT
- Top 14%SimpleQA Verified
- Top 23%Terminal-Bench
- Released
- Dec 17 2025
- Context window
- 1M 66K out
- Input / 1M tokens
- $0.50 from $0.07
- Output / 1M tokens
- $3.00 from $0.43
Where to run it
30 providers compared
Cheapest: QiHang at $0.07 / $0.43 per 1M input / output tokens — 92% less than the priciest option.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Context | Max output | Uptime | vs. best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QiHang | $0.07 | $0.43 | — | 1M | 66K | — | Cheapest |
| Google AI Studio | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | 1M | 66K | 100%24h | +252% |
| Googleglobal | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | 1M | 66K | 68.6%24h | +252% |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | 1M | 66K | — | +252% |
| Poe | $0.40 | $2.42 | $0.04 | 1M | 66K | — | +468% |
| Jiekou.AI | $0.47 | $2.85 | $0.048 | 1M | 66K | — | +568% |
| Google AI Studio | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | 100%24h | +603% |
| Googleglobal | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | 100%24h | +603% |
| NanoGPT | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| FrogBot | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Cloudflare AI Gateway | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| LLM Gateway | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Databricks | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Pioneer | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 65K | — | +603% |
| AIHubMix | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| 302.AI | $0.50 | $3.00 | — | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| ZenMux | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1.05M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Perplexity Agent | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Vertex | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Prime Inference | $0.50 | $3.00 | — | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Neon | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Abacus | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| CrossModel | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Tempr Gateway | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Merge Gateway | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Ofox | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| OrcaRouter | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| OpenCode | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Eden AI | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Opper | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 66K | — | +603% |
| Venice AI | $0.70 | $3.75 | $0.07 | 256K | 66K | — | +814% |
| Googleglobal/priority | $0.90 | $5.40 | $0.09 | 1M | 66K | 100%24h | +1166% |
| Google AI Studiopriority | $0.90 | $5.40 | $0.09 | 1M | 66K | 100%24h | +1166% |
Value
Price vs. performance
Gemini 3 Flash Preview Other Google Other labs Value frontier · GPQA Diamond vs. input price per 1M tokens (log scale) · Drag to pan, pinch or Ctrl + scroll to zoom, double-click to zoom in.
Benchmarks
21 benchmark scores
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench VerifiedSoftware engineering · Real GitHub issues fixed in Python repos | 75.4% | #12of 32 | Claude Opus 4.783.5% |
| Terminal-BenchSoftware engineering · Tasks completed with the programs in a real terminal (best agent) | 64.3% | #9of 40 | GPT-5.584.7% |
| GSOSoftware engineering · Optimize real code to make it significantly faster | 9.8% | #16of 27 | Claude Fable 5.188.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2Agents & computer use · Run a simulated vending business for a year (final balance) | $3,635 | #38of 61 | GPT-6 Astra$15,515 |
| DeepResearch BenchWriting & content · Find and synthesize information from the web | 49.8% | #7of 21 | Claude Opus 4.655.3% |
| GDP.pdfWriting & content · Answer questions about real professional PDFs | 10.0% | #36of 38 | GPT-6.1 Sol35.0% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedWriting & content · Factual accuracy on 1,000 short questions | 66.8% | #11of 79 | Gemini 4 Argon76.0% |
| WebDev ArenaDesign & visual · People vote on which model builds the better website (Elo) | 1383 | #69of 90 | Claude Opus 5.51820 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2Design & visual · Turn apartment photos into 2D floor plans | 0.0% | #29of 32 | Gemini 4 Argon54.4% |
| VPCTDesign & visual · Read diagrams of balls rolling down ramps | 72.6% | #2of 18 | GPT-5.284.0% |
| GeoBenchDesign & visual · Guess the country a photo was taken in | 88.0% | #1of 15 | This model |
| GPQA DiamondReasoning & knowledge · PhD-level biology, chemistry and physics questions | 89.4% | #44of 122 | Gemini 4 Argon96.4% |
| ARC-AGI-2Reasoning & knowledge · Few-shot abstract reasoning on grid puzzles | 33.6% | #43of 75 | GPT-6 Astra95.0% |
| ARC-AGI-1Reasoning & knowledge · Pattern induction from input–output examples | 84.7% | #42of 75 | Gemini 4 Argon98.5% |
| SimpleBenchReasoning & knowledge · Common-sense trick questions about space, time and people | 61.1% | #18of 58 | Claude Fable 581.9% |
| Chess PuzzlesReasoning & knowledge · Find the single best move in 100 new puzzles | 39.0% | #37of 83 | GPT-6 Astra76.0% |
| LMCAReasoning & knowledge · Judge the quality of conceptual arguments like experts | 43.1% | #46of 123 | Claude Sonnet 5.568.3% |
| FrontierMathMaths · Expert-written problems, undergrad to early research (tiers 1–3) | 51.2% | #51of 87 | GPT-6.1 Sol93.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4Maths · Exceptionally hard research-level problems | 17.1% | #48of 64 | GPT-6.1 Sol100.0% |
| ProofBenchMaths · Graduate maths proofs verified in Lean 4 | 15.0% | #59of 70 | Claude Sonnet 5.5100.0% |
| OTIS Mock AIMEMaths · Competition-style problems harder than MATH Level 5 | 95.6% | #34of 120 | Gemini 4 Argon100.0% |
Specs
Details
- Model ID
google/gemini-3-flash-preview- Developer
- Release date
- Dec 17, 2025 ·
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- API price
- $0.50 / $3.00 per 1M input / output tokens
- Providers
- 30
- Input types
- text, image, file, audio, video
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Open weights
- No
- Free tier
- No
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