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Gemini 3 Flash
Google Gemini · Gemini 3
Google Gemini released Gemini 3 Flash on December 17, 2025.
Gemini 3 Flash is the Google model launched in preview on December 17, 2025, combining Gemini 3's Pro-grade reasoning with Flash-level latency, efficiency and cost. It is built for everyday tasks, agentic workflows, coding, quick answers in interactive apps, and multimodal work such as video analysis, data extraction and visual Q&A. It rolled out in the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, the Gemini API in Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, Gemini CLI, Android Studio, Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise. API pricing is $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens ($1 for audio input).
Gemini 3 Flash at a glance
- Released
- API model id
gemini-3-flash-preview- Available on
- Gemini appAI Mode in SearchGemini APIVertex AIGoogle Antigravity
- Announcement
- blog.google
What changed
Google reported 90.4% on GPQA Diamond, 33.7% on Humanity's Last Exam without tools, 81.2% on MMMU Pro and 78% on SWE-bench Verified, where it beat Gemini 3 Pro.
Google says it outperforms Gemini 2.5 Pro while being 3x faster at a fraction of the cost, and uses 30% fewer tokens than 2.5 Pro on typical traffic.
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Gemini 3 Flash release timeline
The launch and every later Google Gemini release that mentions Gemini 3 Flash, oldest first.
- Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed
Introducing Gemini 3 Flash, a fast and cost-effective AI model with frontier intelligence built for speed. Available via Gemini app, Search, and various developer platforms. Offers Pro-grade reasoning at Flash-level efficiency with lower costs.
Source: Google Blog - Introducing Agentic Vision in Gemini 3 Flash
Announces Agentic Vision in Gemini 3 Flash — a visual perception capability that enables agent-driven, multi-step visual reasoning and action from images and video (for tasks like scene interpretation and executing visual workflows).
Source: Google Blog
Gemini 3 Flash FAQ
When was Gemini 3 Flash released?
Google Gemini released Gemini 3 Flash on December 17, 2025. The launch entry below links to the official announcement.
Where is Gemini 3 Flash available?
Gemini 3 Flash is available on Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, Gemini API, Vertex AI and Google Antigravity. Later availability changes are listed under follow-up releases on this page.
What is the Gemini 3 Flash API model id?
Use gemini-3-flash-preview in Google Gemini's API.
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