Gemini 3 Flash Preview: Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks
by Google
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a high speed, high value thinking model designed for agentic workflows, multi turn chat, and coding assistance. It delivers near Pro level reasoning and tool use performance with substantially lower latency than larger Gemini variants, making it well suited for interactive development, long running agent loops, and collaborative coding tasks. Compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash, it provides broad quality improvements across reasoning, multimodal understanding, and reliability. The model supports a 1M token context window and multimodal inputs including text, images, audio, video, and PDFs, with text output. It includes configurable reasoning via thinking levels (minimal, low, medium, high), structured output, tool use, and automatic context caching. Gemini 3 Flash Preview is optimized for users who want strong reasoning and agentic behavior without the cost or latency of full scale frontier models.
What you can do with Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Everyday Q&A and clear explanations
Writing help (emails, posts, summaries)
Idea generation and brainstorming
Learning support with step-by-step guidance
Composite Indices
Intelligence, Coding, Math
Standard Benchmarks
Academic and industry benchmarks
Benchmark Highlights
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Input Price | $0.50/1M tokens |
| Output Price | $3.00/1M tokens |
| Release Date | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Modalities | text, image, file, audio, video |
| Capabilities | Vision, Audio Input |
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Frequently asked questions
What is Gemini 3 Flash Preview good for?
Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview for everyday tasks like writing, summarizing, brainstorming, and getting clear explanations.
How much does Gemini 3 Flash Preview cost?
Pricing is based on usage. Current rates are $0.50/1M tokens for input and $3.00/1M tokens for output.
Can I try Gemini 3 Flash Preview for free?
Yes. You can start a chat instantly and test the model before deciding on a plan.
Does Gemini 3 Flash Preview support images or audio?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview can understand images.
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