GoogleGemini 3 Flash
The Gemini 3 Flash tier: fast, affordable multimodal responses with a 1M-token context window and adjustable thinking.
Source: Gemini API models, Gemini API pricing
Pricing
Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.
| Billing leg | Rate |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.5 / M |
| Output | $3 / M |
| Cache read | $0.05 / M |
Cost calculator
Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.
Hidden reasoning tokens bill as output. 1.0x = thinking off. Medium-effort reasoning typically lands near 3x; heavy reasoning runs 6x to 8x. Set it to match your workload.
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The same model, priced across every platform that serves it. Lowest combined in/out rate is flagged.
| Platform | Input / M | Output / M | Cache read / M | Batch | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GoogleLowest | $0.5 | $3 | $0.05 | — | First-party API |
Cursor | $0.5 | $3 | $0.05 | — | Direct |
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