Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview
The Google Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a versatile AI model that supports five input modalities: text, image, file, audio, and video. It can handle large context lengths of up to 1048576 tokens and offers tools and reasoning capabilities. For users who need to integrate multiple data types into their workflow, the Google Gemini 3 Flash Preview may be worth considering due to its broad input modality support. However, its high price point, with $0.5 per million input tokens and $3.0 per million output tokens, should not be overlooked. The model has a blended benchmark score of 28.6 across one independent benchmark, which is relatively low compared to other models.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 28.6 across 1 benchmark, last refreshed 2026-09-08. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 29.6 |
- 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 1 category it ranks in. How we rank →
| # | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #20 | TranscriptionVoice · of 25 ranked | 123 |
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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.