Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Google · text, image, audio → text
gemini-3-flash-preview is Google's latest released, most balanced model, excelling in speed, scale, and cutting-edge intelligence.
Input$0.5 /M
Output$3 /M
Cache read$0.05 /M
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Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free)
Compare Gemini 3 Flash Preview from Google and Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) from Google on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
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Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free)
Google · text, image, audio, video → text
gemini-3-flash-preview-free is the free, publicly available version of gemini-3-flash-preview, offering the same model capabilities with usage limits in place to ensure service stability. Limits include up to 5 requests per minute, a maximum of 250 requests per day, and a daily quota of 500,000 tokens. Free usage is based on shared capacity and is limited in availability. This version is intended for testing and light usage; for consistent and reliable access, please switch to the paid model.
Input$0 /M
Output$0 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free)
Input /M
$0.5
$0
Output /M
$3
$0
Cache read /M
$0.05
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Context length
1,048,576
1,048,576
Max output
0
65,536
Time to First Token
3.7 s
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Throughput
185.0 tok/s
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Modalities
textimageaudio
textimageaudiovideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingwebtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsthinking
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.
Activity Past 30 Days
Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.
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Tokens / day
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Requests / day
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Performance Past 3 Days
Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.
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Throughput (tok/s)
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TTFT (s)
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Uptime (%)
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LMArena Benchmarks
LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.
Text
gemini-3-flash-previewgemini-3-flash-preview-free
144014801520
Overall
14731473
Coding
15091509
Math
14761476
Hard prompts
14921492
Instruction following
14581458
Multi-turn
14831483
Creative writing
14591459
Longer query
14751475
Chinese
15211521
English
14751475
Vision
gemini-3-flash-previewgemini-3-flash-preview-free
124012801320
Overall
12711271
OCR
12851285
Diagram
12961296
Homework
13141314
WebDev Arena
gemini-3-flash-previewgemini-3-flash-preview-free
138014201460
Overall
14371437
React
14301430
HTML
14401440
Gaming
14521452
Simulations
14171417
Data analytics
14131413
Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.
Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free)
$0.00 /mo
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
$75.00 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 1509; Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free): 1509 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
How large is each context window?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts 1,048,576 and Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) accepts 1,048,576 input tokens.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts text, image and audio input and supports thinking, web search, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and thinking.
Can I call Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) with the same API key?
Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.
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