Best Gemini 3 Flash Alternatives
Gemini 3 Flash by Google is a budget model priced at $0.5/3 per 1M tokens (in/out). Looking for a better deal or different capabilities? Here are the best options.
Gemini 3 Flash
GoogleBudgetInput
$0.5/1M
Output
$3/1M
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Why Switch from Gemini 3 Flash?
Top Alternatives
43% cheaper, higher benchmark scores.
Input
$0.4/1M
20% cheaper
Output
$1.6/1M
47% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Dramatically cheaper (79% less), comparable performance.
Input
$0.15/1M
70% cheaper
Output
$0.6/1M
80% cheaper
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
20% cheaper, comparable performance.
Input
$0.6/1M
20% more
Output
$2.2/1M
27% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
128K
Comparable performance.
Input
$1.1/1M
120% more
Output
$4.4/1M
47% more
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Higher benchmark scores.
Input
$2/1M
300% more
Output
$5/1M
67% more
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Dramatically cheaper (57% less), comparable performance, open-source and self-hostable.
Input
$0.3/1M
40% cheaper
Output
$1.2/1M
60% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
128K
31% cheaper.
Input
$0.4/1M
20% cheaper
Output
$2/1M
33% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Same category, different trade-offs.
Input
$0.8/1M
60% more
Output
$4/1M
33% more
Context
200K
Max Output
8K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o3OpenAI | $0.4020% cheaper | $1.6047% cheaper | 200K | 87%+9.0% | 94.5%+4.5% | 85 |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.1570% cheaper | $0.6080% cheaper | 1M | 76%-2.0% | 89.5%-0.5% | 83 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.6020% more | $2.2027% cheaper | 200K | 84.3%+6.3% | — | 79 |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.10120% more | $4.4047% more | 200K | 85%+7.0% | 93.5%+3.5% | 75 |
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $2.00300% more | $5.0067% more | 128K | 83%+5.0% | 91%+1.0% | 75 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.3040% cheaper | $1.2060% cheaper | 200K | 82%+4.0% | 90%Same | 73 |
| Mistral Medium 3Mistral | $0.4020% cheaper | $2.0033% cheaper | 128K | 76%-2.0% | 87%-3.0% | 72 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.8060% more | $4.0033% more | 200K | 69.4%-8.6% | 88.1%-1.9% | 69 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.1570% cheaper | $0.6080% cheaper | 128K | 68%-10.0% | 87.2%-2.8% | 69 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.5510% more | $2.1927% cheaper | 128K | 84%+6.0% | 92%+2.0% | 66 |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $5.00900% more | $25.00733% more | 200K | 89.5%+11.5% | 95%+5.0% | 65 |
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.00300% more | $16.00433% more | 200K | 90%+12.0% | 96.5%+6.5% | 65 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.75250% more | $14.00367% more | 200K | 89%+11.0% | 95.5%+5.5% | 65 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.3138% cheaper | $0.8572% cheaper | 1M | 80.5%+2.5% | 90.2%+0.2% | 63 |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $1.25150% more | $10.00233% more | 128K | 88.5%+10.5% | 95%+5.0% | 60 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.00300% more | $12.00300% more | 1M | 91%+13.0% | 95%+5.0% | 60 |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $2.00300% more | $12.00300% more | 1M | 89.8%+11.8% | 94%+4.0% | 60 |
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $1.25150% more | $10.00233% more | 1M | 87.5%+9.5% | 93.5%+3.5% | 60 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.00100% more | $3.207% more | 200K | 70.4%-7.6% | 91%+1.0% | 60 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.00500% more | $15.00400% more | 200K | 86%+8.0% | 94%+4.0% | 58 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.00500% more | $15.00400% more | 200K | 84.5%+6.5% | 93%+3.0% | 58 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1864% cheaper | $0.6379% cheaper | 10M | 74.2%-3.8% | 86%-4.0% | 56 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.1472% cheaper | $0.2891% cheaper | 164K | 78%Same | 89%-1.0% | 56 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.00500% more | $15.00400% more | 128K | 86%+8.0% | 93%+3.0% | 53 |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $2.50400% more | $10.00233% more | 128K | 80.5%+2.5% | 91%+1.0% | 40 |