Gemini 3 Flash Preview pricing and specs
New Gemini flash lane bringing frontier-style multimodal reasoning to cheaper runs
Gemini 3 Flash Preview price per 1M tokens
| Type | ₽ / 1M | $ / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| Input tokens | 42,25 ₽ | $0.5 |
| Output tokens | 254 ₽ | $3 |
| Cache read | 4,23 ₽ | $0.05 |
Prices in rubles as of 18.09.2026 at the CBR rate: 1 $ = 84.51 ₽.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview specs and limits
- Context window
- 1.0M
- Max output
- 66K
- Input
- text, image, video, audio, pdf
- Output
- text
- Family
- gemini-flash
- Released
- 2025-12-17
- Updated
- 2025-12-17
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2025-01
- Also known as
- google gemini 3 flash preview, gemini api 3 flash preview, google ai 3 flash preview, google deepmind 3 flash preview, gemini pro 3 flash preview, gemini flash 3 flash preview
What Gemini 3 Flash Preview can do
- ✓Reasoning
- ✓Tool calling
- ✓Structured output
- ✓Attachments / files
- ✓Vision (images)
- ✓Temperature control
- —Open weights
Gemini 3 Flash Preview benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-Bench Pro | 34.63 | resolve rate |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | 8.2 | score |
| SWE-Atlas Refactoring | 10 | score |
| SWE-Atlas Test Writing | 30.3 | score |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Gemini 3 Flash Preview API cost?
Input costs $0.5 per 1M tokens (42.25 ₽) and output costs $3 per 1M (254 ₽). Google bills the prompt and the completion separately, so the price of a call depends on how long both are. Ruble figures use the Bank of Russia rate of 84.51 ₽ per dollar for September 2026.
How much do 1,000 Gemini 3 Flash Preview tokens cost?
List prices are quoted per 1M tokens, so 1,000 tokens cost a thousandth of that: divide $0.5 for input and $3 for output by 1,000. The same rates in rubles are 42.25 ₽ and 254 ₽ per 1M tokens. Both prompt tokens and completion tokens are billed.
How many tokens does Gemini 3 Flash Preview hold?
The Gemini 3 Flash Preview context window is 1.0M tokens (1,048,576). Everything shares that budget: the system prompt, the dialogue history, attached files and the answer the model writes. The figure comes from the Google model card as of September 2026.
What are the Gemini 3 Flash Preview limits?
The context window is 1.0M tokens (1,048,576) and a single response is capped at 66K tokens, so longer output has to be generated in parts. Rate limits are set by Google per account and depend on your plan rather than on the model, so they are not listed here.
How is the Gemini 3 Flash Preview price in rubles calculated?
Providers quote their tariffs in US dollars, so the ruble amounts here are a conversion at the official Bank of Russia rate of 84.51 ₽ per dollar. For Gemini 3 Flash Preview that gives 42.25 ₽ per 1M input tokens and 254 ₽ per 1M output tokens. When the rate moves, the ruble price moves with it.
How is Gemini 3 Flash Preview different from other Gemini models?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview belongs to the Gemini Flash family at Google. Models in the Gemini line differ in context size, price per 1M tokens and supported capabilities, so compare them by the numbers on their cards rather than by the name. Every Gemini model is listed on the provider page.
Can Gemini 3 Flash Preview reason?
Yes, Gemini 3 Flash Preview declares a reasoning mode: it works through intermediate steps before it answers. Those steps add output tokens, so a call with a long reasoning chain costs more and takes longer than a plain completion. Capabilities declared for the model: reasoning, tool calling, image input, structured output.
What capabilities does Gemini 3 Flash Preview support?
The declared capabilities of Gemini 3 Flash Preview are: reasoning, tool calling, image input, structured output. It accepts text, images, video, audio, PDF as input, and every attachment consumes tokens from the shared context window of 1.0M tokens. The list comes from the Google model card and is refreshed with the catalog as of September 2026.