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Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning)

AI model by Google. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$0.50
Output$3.00
Blended (3:1)$1.13

Source: Artificial Analysis

Performance

Output Speed190 tok/s
Time to First Token6330ms

Median values from Artificial Analysis

Benchmarks

Editorial Analysis

Profile. Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) is a budget-tier option from Google at $3.00/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on measurable benchmarks — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.

Latency. On latency, Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) reports 190 tok/s output speed and 6330ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is in the normal range — most chat and completion applications will be token-bound, not streaming-bound.

Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) costs $0.80 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.

Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-09-06.

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$0.50$3.00190 tok/s
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$0.50$3.0049 tok/s
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Example Costs

Single Request
$0.0020
1.0K in / 500 out
1K Requests/day
$2.00
1.0M in / 500.0K out
10K Requests/day
$20.00
10.0M in / 5.0M out