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Gemini 3 Flash Preview API Pricing

Rate shown is for text/image/video input; audio input is priced at $1.00/M. Context caching adds $1.00/hour storage.

Verified against Google’s pricing page on 2026-07-02.

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Facts

Specs

  • FamilyGemini
  • API IDgemini-3-flash-preview
  • ModalityMultimodal
  • Context window
  • Max output
  • Release dateNot published

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

  • Input$0.50 / 1M tokens
  • Output$3.00 / 1M tokens
  • Cached input$0.05 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write
  • Batch discount50%

Capabilities

vision, tool-use, multimodal

Notes

Rate shown is for text/image/video input; audio input is priced at $1.00/M. Context caching adds $1.00/hour storage.

Worked cost examples

Estimated monthly cost on three common usage shapes

WorkloadEst. monthly cost

Chatbot

800 input / 200 output tokens per request, 100,000 requests/month

$100.00

RAG pipeline

6,000 input / 700 output tokens per request, 30,000 requests/month

$153.00

Batch summarization

20,000 input / 1,500 output tokens per request, 5,000 requests/month

$72.50

Price history

Changes we have documented since we began tracking

No price changes recorded since we began tracking.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview pricing FAQ

How much does Gemini 3 Flash Preview cost per 1M tokens?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $3.00 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Gemini 3 Flash Preview cost per request?
A typical request of 800 input and 200 output tokens costs about $0.001 on Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview cheaper than Gemini 2.0 Flash?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is more expensive than Gemini 2.0 Flash on input tokens, by about 400%.
Does Gemini 3 Flash Preview have cache pricing?
Yes — cached input reads cost $0.05 per 1M tokens.