Gemini 3 Flash Preview

google/gemini-3-flash-preview-20251217

Google Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a multimodal model that accepts text, image, file, audio, and video inputs and produces text output. It supports tool usage and reasoning, offers a context length of 1,048,576 tokens, and is priced at $0.5 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens. The model, released on December 17 2025, does not have open weights.

  • tool use
  • structured outputs
  • reasoning

At a glance

providergoogle
releasedDec 17, 2025
context1.0M
input / M$0.50

Specifications

What the API gives you

Context window
1.0M tokens
Max output
66K tokens
Input price
$0.50 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.050 / 1M tokens
Modalities
text, image, file, audio, video → text
Knowledge cutoff
Released
Dec 17, 2025

Measured evidence

Public benchmark record

Design Arena Coding
1220 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Coding
1220 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Coding
1220 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Coding
1220 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Coding
1220 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Coding
1219 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Coding
1218 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Coding
1219 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Coding
1217 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Coding
1219 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Coding
1218 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Coding
1214 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Coding
1218 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Coding
1217 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Coding
1218 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Coding
1208 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Coding
1217 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Coding
1209 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Coding
1217 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Coding
1216 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Coding
1214 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Coding
1207 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Coding
1214 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Coding
1214 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Coding
1207 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Coding
1208 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Coding
1208 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Coding
1214 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Coding
1214 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Coding
1213 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Coding
1214 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Coding
1214 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Coding
1214 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Coding
1213 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Coding
1213 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Coding
1213 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Coding
1213 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Coding
1212 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Coding
1210 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Coding
1209 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1168 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1168 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1167 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1167 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1167 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1168 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1168 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1160 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1155 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1168 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1168 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1149 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1160 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1152 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1160 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1158 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1161 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1151 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1161 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1152 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1151 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1158 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1142 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1158 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1161 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1162 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1147 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1148 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1148 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1143 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1143 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1144 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1144 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1142 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1141 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1141 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1141 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1141 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1141 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1141 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena Website
1221 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Website
1221 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Website
1221 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Website
1221 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Website
1220 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Website
1220 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Website
1220 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Website
1219 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Website
1220 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Website
1218 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Website
1220 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Website
1219 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Website
1219 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Website
1218 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Website
1218 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Website
1207 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Website
1218 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Website
1207 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Website
1217 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Website
1207 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Website
1207 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Website
1207 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Website
1207 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Website
1216 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Website
1215 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Website
1215 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Website
1215 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Website
1215 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Website
1214 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Website
1212 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Website
1211 Elo2026-09-04
LMArena Agent
-8.52026-07-13
LMArena Agent
-8.32026-07-20
LMArena Agent
-8.72026-07-27
LMArena Agent
-8.62026-07-21
LMArena Agent
-8.82026-07-28
LMArena Agent
-8.82026-08-03
LMArena Agent
-8.62026-08-12
LMArena Agent
-8.52026-08-13
LMArena Agent
-8.92026-08-06
LMArena Agent
-8.62026-08-11
LMArena Agent
-10.32026-08-24
LMArena Agent
-10.72026-08-27
LMArena Agent
-11.22026-08-31
LMArena Creative Writing
1458 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1459 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1459 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Creative Writing
1458 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Creative Writing
1458 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Creative Writing
1458 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Creative Writing
1459 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Creative Writing
1458 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1458 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1458 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Long Query
1452 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Long Query
1452 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Long Query
1452 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Long Query
1452 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Long Query
1452 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Long Query
1452 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Long Query
1452 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Long Query
1452 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Long Query
1453 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Long Query
1452 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Math
1474 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Math
1473 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Text
1466 Elo2026-07-16
LMArena Text
1473 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Text
1473 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Text
1473 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Text
1473 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Text
1473 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Text
1473 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Text
1473 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena Text
1473 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Text
1473 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Text
1474 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Text
1474 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Vision
1284 Elo2026-07-12
LMArena Vision
1269 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Vision
1271 Elo2026-07-26
LMArena Vision
1271 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Vision
1271 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Vision
1271 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Vision
1271 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Vision
1272 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena WebDev
1437 Elo2026-07-16
LMArena WebDev
1437 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena WebDev
1437 Elo2026-07-20
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-07-24
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-07-28
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-08-01
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-07-31
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-08-14
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-08-30
LMArena WebDev
1438 Elo2026-09-01
SWE-rebench
53.0% ± 0.42026-03-01tools

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Task evidence

How broad is the support?

Each status is exact to this model version and the selected task. Official release claims remain provisional.

  • Best LLM for Frontend & UIEstablished evidence

    70% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Business WritingProvisional evidence

    70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Marketing CopyProvisional evidence

    70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Chat & RoleplayProvisional evidence

    70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Creative WritingProvisional evidence

    60% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for WritingProvisional evidence

    60% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for CodingProvisional evidence

    58% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Reasoning or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Agentic CodingProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Frontier-Bench or LiveBench Agentic Coding. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Massive ContextProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LongBench v2. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OCR & DocumentsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Charts & DiagramsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Document ParsingProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Hermes AgentProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenHandsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for GooseProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenClawProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Code CompletionProvisional evidence

    44% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Competition MathProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Mathematics or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for SummarizationProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Math & ReasoningProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Mathematics or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Local LLM for CodingProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Autonomous AgentsProvisional evidence

    37% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Frontier-Bench or LiveBench Agentic Coding. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Value LLMProvisional evidence

    36% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 35% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Search. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 33% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for AI AgentsProvisional evidence

    32% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Agentic Coding. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Fast SummariesProvisional evidence

    29% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Cheap LLM for High VolumeProvisional evidence

    25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Cheapest Capable LLMProvisional evidence

    25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for TranslationProvisional evidence

    25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Search. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or OSWorld Verified. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Data Analysis. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Data Analysis. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 13% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Data Analysis or Route reliability. 2 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Grounded RAGProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from CRAG or FACTS Grounding. 2 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

Recommendation coverage

Where this model appears

Not currently included in a published recommendation. The task evidence panel above says exactly what is confirmed and what is still missing.

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