Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview from Google is designed for handling extensive text inputs up to 1048576 tokens and supports multiple input modalities including text, images, files, audio, and video. This model excels in reasoning capabilities and can integrate tools for more complex tasks. Given its blended benchmark score of 45.2 across independent tests and a pricing structure of $0.5 per million input tokens and $3.0 per million output tokens, Gemini 3 is particularly suitable for organizations seeking robust multi-modal support and reasoning abilities within a budget-conscious framework.
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
- 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 $0.50/M input and $3.00/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | $0.02 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.40 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $8.50 |
Category rankings
Where Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview places across the 3 categories it ranks in. How we rank →
| # | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #13 | TranscriptionVoice · of 25 ranked | 123 |
| #19 | Audio SummarizationVoice · of 25 ranked | 145 |
| #22 | TTS ReplacementVoice · of 25 ranked | 115 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview cost?
- $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens.
- What is Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview's context window?
- 1,048,576 tokens, roughly 1,572 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.