Gemini 3 Flash Preview
The Flash tier of the Gemini 3 generation, built to match Gemini 2.5 Pro at Flash-level speed.
Key Specifications
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 66K tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- web search available
- Released
- Inputs
- Text, image, video, audio
- Capabilities Show details
- Reasoning Thinks before it answers, always on or as a switchable mode. Function calling Connect to external tools, APIs, and systems. Structured output Return responses in structured formats like JSON. Web search Search the web for up-to-date information. Code execution Write and execute code in a sandboxed environment. File upload Process uploaded documents, spreadsheets, and other files.
Hosted API pricing
| Provider | Input /1M tokens | Output /1M tokens | Cached input /1M | Cost at 10M in + 2M out | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Google Cloud
Creator
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$0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | $11.00 | View |
Replicate
|
$0.50 | $3.00 | $11.00 | View |
Heads up: Base-tier, on-demand rates per 1M tokens; cached, batch and long-context tiers excluded. A provider may serve a shorter context or a quantized build than the creator's release. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Similarly priced models
The models nearest Gemini 3 Flash Preview by blended rate, each at its own cheapest provider.
| Model | Blended /1M | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context | Cutoff | vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mistral Large 3
Mistral
|
$0.6667 | $0.50 | $1.50 | 256K | −27% | |
Qwen3.5-Plus
Alibaba Cloud
|
$0.7333 | $0.40 | $2.40 | 1M | −20% | |
GLM-5
Z.AI
|
$0.7667 | $0.60 | $1.60 | 200K | −16% | |
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
DeepSeek
|
$0.80 | $0.80 | $0.80 | 131K | −13% | |
|
GLM-4.7
Z.AI
|
$0.8667 | $0.60 | $2.20 | 205K | −5% | |
|
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
This model
Google Cloud
|
$0.9167 | $0.50 | $3.00 | 1M | Jan 2025 | |
|
Qwen3.6-Plus
Alibaba Cloud
|
$0.9167 | $0.50 | $3.00 | 1M | 0% | |
|
GLM-5.2
Z.AI
|
$0.95 | $0.70 | $2.20 | 1M | +4% | |
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
Nvidia
|
$0.99 | $0.66 | $2.64 | 1M | Sep 2025 | +8% |
|
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek
|
$1.00 | $0.70 | $2.50 | 128K | +9% | |
|
DeepSeek R1 Turbo
DeepSeek
|
$1.00 | $0.70 | $2.50 | 64K | +9% |
Prices are USD per 1M tokens at each model's cheapest listed provider. Blended is the cost of 10M input plus 2M output tokens, spread over the 12M.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Gemini 3 Flash Preview good for?
Multimodal work at the Flash tier of the Gemini 3 generation, in the middle of Google's price range.
When is Gemini 3 Flash Preview not a good fit?
New projects: Gemini 3.6 Flash supersedes it, and it is still a preview release, though no shutdown date is announced. Closed weights, so no self-hosting.
What is the cheapest way to run Gemini 3 Flash Preview?
The cheapest hosted rate is $0.50 / $3.00 per 1M tokens via Google Cloud.
How does Gemini 3 Flash Preview compare with Gemini 3.5 Flash?
Google says Gemini 3.5 Flash builds on the same Gemini 3 base as Gemini 3 Flash Preview, calls it its strongest agent and coding model yet, and adds built-in computer use, keeps reasoning across turns automatically and lowers the default thinking effort. Same 1M-token context and text, image, audio and video input. Gemini 3 Flash Preview lists at 67% less per 1M input tokens and 67% less per 1M output tokens than Gemini 3.5 Flash. It came out 5 months earlier.
Can I self-host Gemini 3 Flash Preview?
No. Google Cloud does not publish the weights; Gemini 3 Flash Preview is available only through hosted APIs.
More from Google Cloud
| Model | Context | Input /1M | Output /1M |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gemini 3.6 Flash
|
1M | $0.75 | $3.75 |
|
Gemini 3.7 Flash
|
1M | $0.75 | $3.75 |
|
Gemini 3.8 Flash
|
1M | $0.75 | $3.75 |
|
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
|
1M | $0.30 | $2.50 |
|
Gemini 2.5 Flash
|
1M | $0.30 | $2.50 |
|
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
|
1M | $0.25 | $1.50 |
|
Gemini 2.5 Pro
|
1M | $1.25 | $10.00 |
|
Gemini 3.5 Flash
|
1M | $1.50 | $9.00 |