GooglePaidOperational

Gemini 3 Flash Preview

API model name: gemini-3-flash-preview

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is Google's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. It has a 1M-token context window. Beyond text, it accepts image, audio, video, document as input. Capabilities include Vision, Tool calling, Reasoning, Documents, Prompt caching. It is priced at $0.53 per million input tokens and $3.15 per million output tokens. That is below the provider's $0.50 official input rate. Knowledge cutoff: 2026-01. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 100+ other models on Api.Airforce.

Pricing

Input / 1M tokens
$0.53
Output / 1M tokens
$3.15
Cache read / 1M tokens
$0.07
Official input rate
$0.50
Official output rate
$3.00

Api.Airforce price vs. the provider's official rate.

Specifications

Provider
Google
Type
chat model
Context window
1M tokens
Max output
33K tokens
Knowledge cutoff
2026-01
Input
text, image, audio, video, document
Output
text
Prompt caching
Supported

Capabilities

VisionTool callingReasoningDocumentsPrompt cachingStreaming

Benchmarks

Independent evaluations and measured speed from Artificial Analysis.

Measured atSame model, different reasoning effort.
Intelligence Index
38.7/100
Math Index
97.0/100
MMLU-Pro89%
GPQA Diamond90%
Humanity's Last Exam37%
LiveCodeBench91%
AIME 202597%
SciCode51%

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) · 27.9–38.7

Source: Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai)

What is Gemini 3 Flash Preview used for?

  • Chatbots & assistants — conversational AI, drafting, summarizing and Q&A.
  • Image understanding — analyze photos, screenshots, charts and scanned documents.
  • Agents & automation — function calling and tool use for multi-step workflows.
  • Complex reasoning — math, coding and step-by-step problem solving.
  • Document analysis — summarize and answer questions across long files.
  • Long-context tasks — process entire documents or codebases in a single prompt.
  • Real-time experiences — stream tokens for responsive chat and apps.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs. similar models

ModelIntelligenceContextInput / 1MOutput / 1M
Gemini 3 Flash Preview38.71M$0.53$3.15
Aqa$57.41$57.41
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite8.4$0.08$0.29
Gemini 2.5 Flash20.31M$0.40$2.50

Prices are Api.Airforce pay-as-you-go rates per 1M tokens. Context is the maximum input length.

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Gemini 3 Flash Preview — frequently asked questions

How much does Gemini 3 Flash Preview cost?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.53 per 1M input tokens and $3.15 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.
What is the context window of Gemini 3 Flash Preview?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview supports a context window of up to 1M tokens. It can return up to 33K tokens in a single response.
What can Gemini 3 Flash Preview do?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview supports Vision, Tool calling, Reasoning, Documents, Prompt caching.
Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview free to use?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.
How do I use Gemini 3 Flash Preview via the API?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID gemini-3-flash-preview with your Api.Airforce API key.
Who makes Gemini 3 Flash Preview?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is Google's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.