- Score
- 9.4 (-0.20 points)
- Total Cost (Current Price)
- $0.183 · 79.2% cheaper
- Response Time (avg)
- 6.24s · 71.1% faster
Google
Release: 2025-12-17
Tested on: 2026-10-01 02:13
google/gemini-3-flash-preview::medium
~500B total (~20B active)MoEClosedEstimated
Summary
Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores 9.6 on AI BENCHY and ranks #15. It has 10.0 reliability, a 94.2% pass rate, $0.876 total cost, and 21.57s average response time.
What makes Gemini 3 Flash Preview unique: It uses unusually many reasoning tokens, which can help explain its slower or more expensive runs.
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- Score
- 9.6 (+0.00 points)
- Total Cost (Current Price)
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- Response Time (avg)
- 7.15s · 66.8% faster
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- 9.8 (+0.24 points)
- Total Cost (Current Price)
- $0.577 · 34.2% cheaper
- Response Time (avg)
- 14.03s · 34.9% faster
Model facts
Researched on 2026-08-12
- Parameters
- ~500B total (~20B active)
- Architecture
- MoE
- Availability
- Closed
- License
- -
Best estimate from public evidence; the vendor did not disclose every value. Sparse MoE is documented for the family; counts are estimated.
9.6
Consistency
9.7
10.0
$0.876
Total Output Tokens
252,536
Total Input Tokens
235,726
Input Price
$0.500 / 1M
Output Price
$3.000 / 1M
Cache Read Price
$0.050 / 1M
Cache Write Price
$0.084 / 1M
Cache prices apply to input tokens. Reads reuse cached prompts; writes store them and can cost extra. Output tokens use the output price.
Flaky tests
1
Flaky tests had mixed outcomes across runs (at least one pass and one fail).
Hamster playing table tennis
Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.
#15 Gemini 3 Flash Preview
medium- Cost
- $0.010
- Time
- 18.4s
- Tokens
- 3,351 tok
Run history
| Tested on | Score | Reliability | Tests Correct | Total Cost | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 02:13 Re-test | 9.6 | 10.0 | $0.876 | Current run | |
| 2026-07-16 22:51 New test added | 9.6 | 10.0 | $0.742 | Compare | |
| 2026-06-04 13:59 New test added | 9.8 | 10.0 | $0.667 | Compare | |
| 2026-05-22 00:28 Suite changed | 9.8 | 10.0 | $0.567 | Compare | |
| 2026-05-06 13:52 Suite changed | 10.0 | 10.0 | $0.321 | Compare | |
| 2026-05-06 13:38 Suite changed | 9.8 | 10.0 | $0.320 | Compare | |
| 2026-04-23 15:25 Re-test | 10.0 | N/A | $0.108 | Compare | |
| 2026-04-11 01:44 First recorded run | 10.0 | N/A | $0.314 | Compare |
This run used a different benchmark suite. Keep suite changes in mind when reading historical movement.
Price History
Historical pricing data for this model from OpenRouter.
| Date | Input Price | Output Price | Cache Read Price | Cache Write Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 12:51 | $0.500 / 1M | $3.000 / 1M | N/A | N/A |
| 2026-10-01 18:33 | $0.500 / 1M | $3.000 / 1M | $0.050 / 1M | $0.084 / 1M |
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Score | Consistency | Tests Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Anti-AI Tricks | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Coding | 8.6 | 7.6 | |
| Combined | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Data parsing and extraction | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Domain specific | 7.7 | 10.0 | |
| General Intelligence | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Instructions following | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Puzzle Solving | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Tool Calling | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Trivia | 10.0 | 10.0 |