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Gemini 3 Flash Released 2025-12-17

Google chat vision code tools reasoning image
Input$0.5/M
Output$3/M
Cache read$0.05/M
Context1M
vs GPT-4o~90% cheaper
Knowledge cutoff2025-01

Provider list prices: no platform markup, pay-as-you-go. These are official list prices. Logged-in customers may see effective prices including workspace discounts on /console/pricing. Effective input at a 70% cache-hit rate:$0.185/M. Implicit caching is on by default for current Gemini models (discounted automatically on cache hits), plus an explicit CachedContent API with storage-based billing for guaranteed savings.

Use Gemini 3 Flash in 30 seconds

OpenAI-compatible: swap the base_url, keep your SDK. POST /v1/chat/completions

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://synthorai.io/v1",
    api_key="sk-syn-...",
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gemini-3-flash-preview",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this diff"}],
    reasoning_effort="medium",
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

About Gemini 3 Flash

Described as best for multimodal understanding
State-of-the-art reasoning with creative-coding strength
Computer use and Maps grounding support

Gemini 3 Flash (preview) is the model Google's documentation describes as the best in the world for multimodal understanding, pairing state-of-the-art reasoning with strong agentic and creative-coding performance.

  • It accepts text, image, video, audio, and PDF input within a 1,048,576-token context window and produces up to 65,536 output tokens, with thinking supported throughout.
  • Capabilities include function calling, code execution, computer use, search and Maps grounding, structured outputs, and context caching.
  • Synthorai offers it via its unified OpenAI-compatible chat completions interface.

Specs & limits

Max output (vendor spec)65,536
Modalitiestext + image + video + audio → text
Featurestools · structured_output · streaming · vision · batch · caching · reasoning · computer_use
NotablePreview model; 1,048,576-token input; computer use supported; image generation NOT supported despite gateway capability tag.
Prompt cachingautomatic + explicit · min 1,024-token prefix

per Google official docs ↗

FAQ

Is the Gemini 3 Flash API free to try?

Yes: new accounts get 10 trial calls and up to $1 in free credit, no card required. At $0.5/M input tokens, that credit alone covers roughly 250 requests of ~8K tokens against Gemini 3 Flash.

What is Gemini 3 Flash best at?

Described as best for multimodal understanding, plus state-of-the-art reasoning with creative-coding strength and computer use and Maps grounding support. See the About section for the full picture from the vendor's own release notes.

How much does Gemini 3 Flash cost?

Gemini 3 Flash costs $0.5 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens on Synthorai. That is the provider's list price, with no platform markup. Cached input tokens bill at $0.05/M.

Does Gemini 3 Flash support prompt caching?

Yes: automatic caching is on by default, with an explicit mode for guaranteed savings. Cached input tokens bill at $0.05/M vs $0.5/M uncached; prompts need a 1,024-token stable prefix to cache. Prompt caching guide →

How do I get access to Gemini 3 Flash?

Point your existing OpenAI SDK at base_url="https://synthorai.io/v1", set model="gemini-3-flash-preview", and you're done. One API key covers every model on the gateway.

What is Gemini 3 Flash's knowledge cutoff?

Gemini 3 Flash's knowledge cutoff is 2025-01, per the vendor's official documentation (as of 2026-07-09).

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