Across price, context and efficiency, gemini-3-flash-preview offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input and output needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
gemini-3-flash-preview has the lower input price — $0.50 vs $1.00 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Across price, context and efficiency, gemini-3-flash-preview offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input and output needs.