Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash

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Data updated on November 14, 2026· 230 models

GoogleFlash Preview

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a high speed, high value thinking model designed for agentic workflows, multi turn chat, and coding assistance.

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Reasoning estimated
Speed estimated
Input
Output
Context
▲1 M tokens
Max output
66 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
▲$0.500
Output, $ per 1M tokens
▲$3.00
Cache read, $ per 1M
$0.050
Batch (input / output)
$0.250 / $1.50
Tool calling
Yes
Released
12/17/2025
Knowledge cutoff
2025-01
API id
google/gemini-3-flash-preview
Google1.2 Flash

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is Google's native multimodal video generation and editing model, the successor to Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash.

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Reasoning estimated
Speed estimated
Input
Output
Context
131 K tokens
Max output
66 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
$1.50
Output, $ per 1M tokens
$9.00
Cache read, $ per 1M
—
Batch (input / output)
—
Tool calling
No
Released
▲11/05/2026
Knowledge cutoff
—
API id
google/gemini-omni-1.2-flash
Third model (optional)
text image audio video PDF / file reasoning (1 to 5, estimated by family) speed (1 to 4, estimated by family)▲ best value among the selected

Which is the better API choice: Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash?

  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview: cheapest input (67% less than Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash)
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview: cheapest output
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview: largest context (1 M)
  • Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash: the newest (11/05/2026)

Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs 67% less on input and 67% less on output than Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash ($0.500 / $3.00 versus $1.50 / $9.00 per million tokens). Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, only Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts audio. Gemini 3 Flash Preview offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.

What would your product cost?

Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview
$19.50/mo
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
$58.50/mo

With Gemini 3 Flash Preview you save $39.00 a month versus Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash (67% less).

The 6 cheapest for this scenario (chat, last 12 months)

  1. 1Lyria 3 Pro Preview Google$0.00
  2. 2Lyria 3 Clip Preview Google$0.00
  3. 3Qwen3.7 Flash Qwen$0.97
  4. 4DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek$1.57
  5. 5DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 DeepSeek$1.85
  6. 6Ministral 3 3B 2512 Mistral$1.90

Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model

Rough estimate (about 4 characters per token). Nothing is sent to any server.

76tokens approx.287 characters

Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)

  1. 1Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic$0.008
  2. 2Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google$0.038
  3. 3Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Google$0.114
  4. 4Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic$0.152
  5. 5Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic$0.304
  6. 6Claude Opus 5 Anthropic$0.380
  7. 7Claude Fable 5.2 Anthropic$0.608
  8. 8Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic$0.760

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Frequently asked questions

Which is the better API choice: Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs 67% less on input and 67% less on output than Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash ($0.500 / $3.00 versus $1.50 / $9.00 per million tokens). Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, only Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts audio. Gemini 3 Flash Preview offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.

Which is cheaper: Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper: $0.500 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens, versus $1.50 / $9.00 for Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash.

Which has more context: Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts 1 M tokens of context; Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash accepts 131 K.

Which is newer: Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash?

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash was released on 11/05/2026; Gemini 3 Flash Preview on 12/17/2025.

What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash?

With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $19.50; Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash: $58.50 a month, at list price.

Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?

From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.

What does price per million tokens mean?

It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.

Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.