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Gemini 3 Flash

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Intelligence
38

score

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) scores 38 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence …

vs class avg: 28

Speed
176.0

output tokens/sec

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) generates output at 176.0 tokens per second (based on Google's …

Latency
7.99s

TTFT

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) has a time to first token (TTFT) of 7. …

Input Price
$0.50

/ 1M tokens

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens (very competitive, median: $1. …

Output Price
$3.00

/ 1M tokens

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens (very competitive, median: $1. …

Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

Frontier research / complex reasoning

Reserve this model for the hardest requests; simpler or repetitive work should stay on cheaper routes.

Best for

  • Complex reasoning
  • Research synthesis
  • Hard coding tasks
  • Multi-step agentic workflows
  • Low-latency chat

Weak or unsuitable

  • High-volume chat
  • Simple classification
  • Cost-sensitive pipelines
  • Predictable high-volume throughput

Routing recommendation

1

Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization

2

Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Cost pressure

Moderate pricing — $0.50 / M input, $3.00 / M output. Costs are manageable, but volume should still be reviewed.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsExcellentIntelligence score 38 places this model among top performers. Suitable for multi-step analysis and agentic loops.Route complex tasks here; reserve simpler queries for cheaper models.
High-volume chat & customer-facingExcellentOutput speed 176.0 tokens/sec and capable intelligence make this suitable for real-time chat at scale.Ideal for interactive chat; enable caching for repeated queries.
Latency-sensitive applicationsModerateTTFT 7.99s — latency may be noticeable in interactive use.Consider routing latency-critical paths to faster models.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesModerateOutput pricing at $3.00 is premium. Route high-volume simple tasks to cheaper alternatives.Use only for high-value tasks; route simple queries to budget models.

Cost pressure

Medium

Pricing is moderate — input $0.50, output $3.00. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.

Cheaper substitutes

  • Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization

Route away when

  • Predictable high-volume throughput
  • Non-critical classification and extraction

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) scores 38 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 28).

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGemini 3 Flash: 3838GGemini 3 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) generates output at 176.0 tokens per second (based on Google's API), which is well above average compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 81.2 t/s).

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3.7 Max: 206206QQwen3.7 MaxGemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.4 mini (xhigh): 179179AIGPT-5.4 mini (xhigh)Gemini 3 Flash: 176176GGemini 3 FlashGPT-5.4 (xhigh): 168168AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 152152GGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax-M3: 9595?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is moderate — input $0.50, output $3.00. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 3333GGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClaude Opus 4.8 (max): 2727AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 2626AClaude Opus 4.7 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (high): 1818AIGPT-5.5 (high)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)GPT-5.5 (medium): 1717AIGPT-5.5 (medium)Claude Sonnet 5 (max): 1515AClaude Sonnet 5 (max)Gemini 3 Flash: 1212GGemini 3 Flash

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 5656AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 5454AClaude Opus 4.7 (max)Claude Sonnet 5 (max): 5353AClaude Sonnet 5 (max)GPT-5.5 (high): 5353AIGPT-5.5 (high)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 5151AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)GPT-5.5 (medium): 5050AIGPT-5.5 (medium)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 Flash

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 5656AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 5454AClaude Opus 4.7 (max)Claude Sonnet 5 (max): 5353AClaude Sonnet 5 (max)GPT-5.5 (high): 5353AIGPT-5.5 (high)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 5151AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)GPT-5.5 (medium): 5050AIGPT-5.5 (medium)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 Flash

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGemini 3 Flash: 3838GGemini 3 Flash

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3.7 Max: 206206QQwen3.7 MaxGemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.4 mini (xhigh): 179179AIGPT-5.4 mini (xhigh)Gemini 3 Flash: 176176GGemini 3 FlashGPT-5.4 (xhigh): 168168AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 152152GGemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGemini 3 Flash: 176176GGemini 3 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9595?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Latency & Response Time

Time to first token and end-to-end response latency.

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s2.5s5s7.5s10sKimi K2.7 Code: 9.6s9.6sKKimi K2.7 CodeClaude Opus 4.7 (max): 8.9s8.9sAClaude Opus 4.7 (max)Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 7.8s7.8sAClaude Opus 4.8 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.9s6.9sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)GPT-5.5 (medium): 6.9s6.9sAIGPT-5.5 (medium)Kimi K2.6: 6.6s6.6sKKimi K2.6GLM-5.1: 6.3s6.3s?GLM-5.1Grok Build 0.1 0616: 6.2s6.2sxGrok Build 0.1 0616GPT-5.5 (high): 6.2s6.2sAIGPT-5.5 (high)GPT-5.5 (low): 6.1s6.1sAIGPT-5.5 (low)Gemini 3 Flash: 2.8s2.8sGGemini 3 Flash

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s25s50s75s100sDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 61s61sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 58s58sKKimi K2.6GLM-5.1: 48s48s?GLM-5.1Kimi K2.7 Code: 43s43sKKimi K2.7 CodeGrok Build 0.1 0616: 25s25sxGrok Build 0.1 0616MiniMax-M3: 21s21s?MiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Max: 12s12sQQwen3.7 MaxGLM-5.2 (max): 9.3s9.3s?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 9.2s9.2sNNemotron 3 Ultragpt-oss-120b (high): 6.3s6.3sAIgpt-oss-120b (high)Gemini 3 Flash: 0s0sGGemini 3 Flash

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0500k1M1.5M2MGPT-5.4 (xhigh): 1.1M1.1MAIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)Gemini 3 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3 FlashGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 1M1MAClaude Opus 4.8 (max)Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 1M1MAClaude Opus 4.7 (max)

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max): 0.10.1AClaude Sonnet 4.6 (max)GPT-5.5 (high): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (high)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (medium): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (medium)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (low): 00AIGPT-5.5 (low)GLM-5.1: 00?GLM-5.1Qwen3.7 Max: 00QQwen3.7 MaxGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 00GGemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

050100150Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max): 149149AClaude Sonnet 4.6 (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (high): 119119AIGPT-5.5 (high)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (medium): 9999AIGPT-5.5 (medium)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 8989AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (low): 6565AIGPT-5.5 (low)Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 4949GGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewQwen3.7 Max: 4848QQwen3.7 MaxGLM-5.1: 4040?GLM-5.1

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MClaude Opus 4.8 (max): 3131AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max): 1818AClaude Sonnet 4.6 (max)GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 1818AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 1414GGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewClaude Sonnet 5 (max): 1212AClaude Sonnet 5 (max)Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 1212AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1111GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.7 Max: 1010QQwen3.7 MaxGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 6.16.1?GLM-5.1Gemini 3 Flash: 3.53.5GGemini 3 Flashcache Hitinputoutput

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

02468Claude Opus 4.8 (max): 6.86.8AClaude Opus 4.8 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.76.7DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Opus 4.7 (max): 5.95.9AClaude Opus 4.7 (max)GLM-5.1: 5.15.1?GLM-5.1Kimi K2.7 Code: 55KKimi K2.7 CodeClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4.84.8AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…MiniMax-M3: 44?MiniMax-M3Grok Build 0.1 0616: 3.83.8xGrok Build 0.1 0616GPT-5.4 (xhigh): 3.13.1AIGPT-5.4 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 33AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) scores 38 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 28). Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) generates output at 176.0 tokens per second (based on Google's API), which is well above average compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 81.2 t/s). Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens (very competitive, median: $1.50) and $3.00 per 1M output tokens (very competitive, median: $8.40), based on Google's API.

Gemini 3 Flash

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
Yes
Input modalities
Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) supports text, image, speech, and video input.
Output modalities
Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) supports text output.
Context window
Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) has a context window of 1.0M tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Open weights / source
No, Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
Parameters
Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) is a proprietary model and Google has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.
Knowledge cutoff
Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) has a knowledge cutoff of January 2025. The model's training data includes information up to this date.
API availability
Yes, Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) is available via API through 1 provider.

Methodology & Provenance

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