Gemini 3 Flash

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Frontier-class performance rivaling larger models at a fraction of the cost

Preview (legacy); no shutdown date announced● Re-checked 12 Oct 2026 · 26 facts · 0 correctionsSource: Gemini 3 Flash Model Card (6 pp)

Use it via API

$309 /month

$6.18 per 1K requests

RAG over docs: 12K in · 600 out · 50K requests/mo · 30% cached · change

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Where to call it

Gemini APIgemini-3-flash-preview

Supports

Structured outputs
Tool calling
Web search
Batch API
Image input
PDF input
Prompt caching

Full feature support

Good for

Agentic workflows
Everyday coding
Reasoning and planning

Watch out for

Limitations deferred to Gemini 3 Pro card
Old knowledge cutoff

Replaced by

Gemini 3.8 Flash$1.50 / $7.50

This model: $0.50 / $3.00 per 1M tokens

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Overview

Google · 07Flash

Gemini 3 Flash

Frontier-class performance rivaling larger models at a fraction of the cost

Cost: $0.50 in
Context: 1M

Input / output: $0.50 / $3.00
Max output: 64K
Knows up to: January 2025
Released: 17 Dec 2025

The next iteration in the Gemini 3 series of natively multimodal reasoning models, built on the Gemini 3 Pro reasoning foundation, with thinking levels to control the mix of quality, cost and latency. p.2

gemini-3-flash-preview

Input / output per 1M: $0.50 / $3.00
Context window: 1M
Max output: 64K
Knows up to: January 2025
Reasoning: Dynamic, thinking_level minimal / low / medium / high
Weights: Closed

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