Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview

Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a large language model from Google. It costs $0.500 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens. Its context window is 1.0M tokens.

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Input / 1M tokens: $0.500
Output / 1M tokens: $3.00
Cached input / 1M: $0.050
Context window: 1.0M

This model also charges $0.014 per search request

That is $14.00 per 1,000 requests, billed on top of the token prices above. On a typical 1,000-in / 500-out exchange the tokens cost $0.002, so the search fee is 7.0× the token cost. Per-token rankings elsewhere ignore this entirely.

Who serves it cheapest

2 hosts serve Gemini 3 Flash Preview. Same weights, same API - the price difference is pure margin and routing.

Providers serving Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview, cheapest first
Provider	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Context	Throughput	Uptime 24h
GoogleCheapest	$0.250	$1.50	1.0M	-	15.1%
Google AI Studio	$0.250	$1.50	1.0M	-	99.9%

The spread between Google and Google AI Studio is about the same for identical weights. Quantization and context limits differ, so check both columns before switching.

About Gemini 3 Flash Preview

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...

Specifications

Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview specifications
Model ID	`google/gemini-3-flash-preview`
Provider	Google
Context window	1.0M tokens
Max output	66K tokens
Input modalities	text, image, file, audio, video
Output modalities	text
Knowledge cutoff	-
Open weights	No
Released	December 17, 2025

Cheaper alternatives

Models that cost less than Gemini 3 Flash Preview while keeping at least half its context window and every input modality it supports.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

$0.300 in · $2.50 out

1.3× cheaper

Gemini 2.5 Flash

$0.300 in · $2.50 out

1.3× cheaper

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

$0.250 in · $1.50 out

2.0× cheaper

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

$0.250 in · $1.50 out

2.0× cheaper

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

$0.100 in · $0.400 out

6.4× cheaper

Frequently asked

How much does Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview cost?

$0.500 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens. Cached input reads cost $0.050 per million tokens.

What is the context window of Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview?

1.0M tokens, with up to 66K tokens of output per request.

Does Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview have extra fees beyond per-token pricing?

Yes. Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview charges $0.014 per search request - $14.00 per 1,000 requests - on top of $0.500 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens. On a typical 1,000-input / 500-output exchange the search fee alone is 7.0× the token cost.

Which provider serves Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview cheapest?

Google at $0.250 per million input tokens - about the same cheaper than Google AI Studio, the most expensive of the 2 hosts serving it.

Confirm against the source: Google official pricing.