Gemini 3 Flash Preview pricing
Gemini 3 Flash Preview, Small-tier from Google, costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $3.00 per 1M output tokens.
Input$0.50per 1M tokens
Output$3.00per 1M tokens
Context window1.05Mtokens
TierSmallGoogle
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Specs and pricing
| Provider | |
| Tier | Small |
| Context window | 1.05M tokens |
| Max output | 66K tokens |
| Input price | $0.50 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.05 / 1M tokens |
| Modalities | text, image |
Note. Standard tier, text/image/video rate; audio input $1.00/1M. Cache storage $1.00/1M tokens/hour. Earlier Gemini 3 Flash preview release, not marked deprecated on the page.
What it costs at realistic volumes
Assuming a 4:1 input:output token ratio, a common shape for chat and RAG-style workloads:
| Volume (4:1 in:out ratio) | Input cost | Output cost | Total / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000 in / 250,000 out | $0.50 | $0.75 | $1.25 |
| 10,000,000 in / 2,500,000 out | $5.00 | $7.50 | $12.50 |
| 100,000,000 in / 25,000,000 out | $50.00 | $75.00 | $125.00 |
Cheaper alternatives
Same tier (Small), a different provider, and a lower blended cost at the 4:1 ratio used above:
| Model | Provider | $/1M in | $/1M out | At the 4:1 ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-Turbo | DeepInfra | $0.02 | $0.04 | 97.6% cheaper blended |
| Solar Pro 4 | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.12 | 95.2% cheaper blended |
| GPT-OSS 20B | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.13 | 95% cheaper blended |
| schematron-v2-turbo | inference.net | $0.03 | $0.15 | 94.6% cheaper blended |
| Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon (Nova) | $0.035 | $0.14 | 94.4% cheaper blended |