Identity
- Status
- preview
- Developer ID
gemini-3-flash-preview- Released
- Not reported
- Version
- Gemini 3 Flash
- License
- Unknown
Google DeepMindGemini 3 Flash
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is Google DeepMind's preview reasoning model optimized for speed.
- Token context
- 1,049K tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Image, Video, Audio, Document
- Outputs
- Text
- Released
- Not reported
Providers & Pricing
Estimate workload cost →| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Cache write / 1M | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google AIAvailable | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.050 | — | Aug 29, 2026 | Provider-reported |
Benchmarks
All benchmark results →| LMArena Document Arenadocument-2026-09-13-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,412.99 | — | 7,158 | gemini-3-flash; 95% CI [1403.58694998, 1422.40270038]; votes 7158; rank 40unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Search Arenasearch-2026-10-13-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,195.69 | — | 196,399 | gemini-3-flash-grounding; 95% CI [1191.39370466, 1199.99583788]; votes 196399; rank 22unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-10-15-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,465.71 | — | 31,325 | gemini-3-flash; 95% CI [1461.39670282, 1470.02720080]; votes 31325; rank 36unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-10-15-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,442.38 | — | 91,039 | gemini-3-flash (thinking-minimal); 95% CI [1439.36658863, 1445.39123855]; votes 91039; rank 70unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-10-09-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,285.15 | — | 39,145 | gemini-3-flash; 95% CI [1279.92496783, 1290.36579718]; votes 39145; rank 32unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-10-09-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,265.51 | — | 37,172 | gemini-3-flash (thinking-minimal); 95% CI [1260.17071513, 1270.84458597]; votes 37172; rank 48unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
At a Glance
Model Facts
Capacity
- Token context
- 1,049K tokens
- Maximum output
- 66K tokens
- Total parameters
- Unknown
- Active parameters
- Unknown
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not reported
Interface and Access
- Inputs
- Text, Image, Video, Audio, Document
- Outputs
- Text
- API available
- Yes
- Open weights
- No
- Self-hostable
- No
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Vision
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Capabilities
- chat, generation, reasoning, tools
This page represents one developer model product. Dated API snapshots, serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach as versioned aliases or provider details and never create duplicate public model records.
Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliasesgemini-3-flash-preview
Explicit Unknowns
- Release date
- Architecture
- Tokenizer
- Knowledge cutoff
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
Comparable Peers
Related Model Comparisons
| A | Pair | B | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs | Seed 2.1 ProByteDance Seed | cross-developer peerstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs | Seed 2.0 MiniByteDance Seed | cross-developer peerstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs |  DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek | cross-developer peerstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs | Gemini Deep ResearchGoogle DeepMind | family variantstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs | Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle DeepMind | family variantstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs | Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle DeepMind | family variantstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs | Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle DeepMind | family variantstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs |  Muse Spark 1.1Meta | cross-developer peerstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs |  MAI Transcribe 2Microsoft | cross-developer peerstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs |  GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | cross-developer peerstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs | GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI | cross-developer peerstext |
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle DeepMind | vs |  GLM 5V TurboZ.ai | cross-developer peerstext |
Questions
Gemini 3 Flash FAQs
What is Gemini 3 Flash?+
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is Google DeepMind's preview reasoning model optimized for speed. It is developed by Google DeepMind and its current sourced lifecycle status is preview.
What inputs and outputs does Gemini 3 Flash support?+
Gemini 3 Flash's current record lists Text, Image, Video, Audio, and Document as input and Text as output.
How much context does Gemini 3 Flash support?+
The current record lists a 1,049K-token context window and a maximum output of 66K tokens.
Is Gemini 3 Flash available through an API?+
Gemini 3 Flash is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Google AI and Google Gemini.
How much does Gemini 3 Flash cost through an API?+
The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to Gemini 3 Flash are $0.50 per million input tokens through Google AI and $3.00 per million output tokens through Google AI. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.
What capabilities and tasks does Gemini 3 Flash support?+
Gemini 3 Flash's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, reasoning, and tools. Its supported tasks are audio, document, image, text, and video.
Can Gemini 3 Flash be self-hosted?+
Gemini 3 Flash is not marked as an open-weight model. Self-hosting is marked as unsupported, with no license recorded.
Does Gemini 3 Flash have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are gemini-3-flash-preview.
Which models can Gemini 3 Flash be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes Seed 2.1 Pro, Seed 2.0 Mini, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Gemini Deep Research, and Gemini 3.5 Flash. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →
How current is the Model Markets record for Gemini 3 Flash?+
Gemini 3 Flash was last verified Aug 29, 2026 from Google DeepMind's primary source, “Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Gemini API.” The evidence is classified as official fact.