Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)
Gemini 3 from Google is designed to process extensive text inputs of up to 1 million characters and supports multiple modalities including images, files, audio, and video. It excels in reasoning capabilities and can generate structured output where appropriate. While it offers robust input and output handling along with advanced reasoning tools, the model comes at a cost: $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.5 per million output tokens. With a benchmark blended score of 45.2 across various independent evaluations, Gemini 3 should be considered by users requiring comprehensive multimodal processing and structured output, despite its higher price point.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 45.2 across 1 benchmark, last refreshed 2026-08-13. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 46.1 |
- Model ID
- google/gemini-3-flash-preview:batch
- Vendor
- Released
- December 2025
- Tokenizer
- Gemini
- Input Modalities
- text, image, file, audio, video
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 65,536 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- ✓ accepts audio
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.25/M input and $1.50/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | under $0.01 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.20 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $4.25 |
Category rankings
Where Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) places across the 3 categories it ranks in. How we rank →
| # | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #14 | TranscriptionVoice · of 25 ranked | 123 |
| #20 | Audio SummarizationVoice · of 25 ranked | 145 |
| #23 | TTS ReplacementVoice · of 25 ranked | 115 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) cost?
- $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens.
- What is Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)'s context window?
- 1,048,576 tokens, roughly 1,572 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.