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Gemini 3 Flash

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Gemini 3.5 Flash

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Gemini 3.5 Flash is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 20.5% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: Gemini 3 Flash is 3.0x cheaper to run. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Gemini 3 Flash offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Gemini 3.5 Flash fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Gemini 3 Flash

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
34.6%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
90.4%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)3.0x cheaper
$1.13Input: $0.50 | Output: $3.00
Speed
159 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
Model Specs

Gemini 3.5 Flash

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+20.5%)
55.1%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+1.8%)
92.2%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$3.38Input: $1.50 | Output: $9.00
Speed1.8x faster
280 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 3 Flash is cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash. Gemini 3 Flash has a blended cost of $1.13/1M tokens, which is about 3.0x cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash at $3.38/1M tokens.

Gemini 3.5 Flash is faster than Gemini 3 Flash. Gemini 3.5 Flash generates 280 tokens per second (tps) compared to Gemini 3 Flash which generates 159 tokens per second.

Gemini 3.5 Flash is better for coding tasks. It scores 55.1% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Gemini 3 Flash which scores 34.6%.

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