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Gemini 3 Pro Preview API Pricing
Google's retired first Gemini 3 Pro preview, kept here for archive pricing and migration checks: $2/M input, $12/M output, and $0.2/M cached input. Kept as an archive page.
Input - per 1M tokens
$2.00/M
Tier 1 baseline archive
Output - per 1M tokens
$12.00/M
Tier 2 $18/M archive
Cached input - per 1M
$0.20/M
Context caching listed discount
Effective - agentic blend
$1.44/M
92/8 split - 82% cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL
Gemini 3 Pro Preview API cost calculator.
Calculator pre-loaded with Gemini 3 Pro Preview archive rates. Archive price mirrors the Gemini 3 Pro Preview list rate preserved in the project snapshot: $2/M input, $0.20/M cached input, and $12/M output for prompts up to 200K tokens; tier 2 above 200K was $4/$0.40/$18.
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§ 02 / SCENARIOS
Gemini 3 Pro Preview cost on real workloads.
ARCHIVE
Invoice replay
$0.524/1M in
BENCHMARK
Legacy benchmark batch
$0.138/run
MIGRATION
Migration cost comparison
$0.165/pack
RAG
Archived RAG answer
$0.223/answer
Estimate · gemini-tokenizer-estimate · ≈3.85 chars/token Auto-counts as you type
This is a chars-per-token approximation, not a real tokenizer. Actual tokens vary by language, code density, and tool-call overhead — counts are typically ±10–20% off for English prose, more for code or non-Latin scripts. For exact billing, use the vendor's official tokenizer.
Characters 344
Words 55
Tokens (estimated) 89 tokens
Cost as input · uncached $0.00018 USD
Cost as output · uncached $0.00107 USD
Cost as cached input $0.00002 USD
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Effective blended | Context | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3 Pro Preview Current | $2.00 cache $0.20 | $12.00 | $1.44 agentic 92/8 | 1M | Archive Gemini 3 Pro Preview |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | $2.00 cache $0.20 | $12.00 | $1.44 same | 1M | Current Gemini Pro preview |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $0.50 cache $0.05 | $3.00 | $0.361 −4.0× | 1M | Current Gemini 3 Flash |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $0.25 cache $0.025 | $1.50 | $0.18 deprecated · −8.0× | 1M | Current high-volume Gemini |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.75 cache $0.075 | $3.75 | $0.481 −3.0× · promo | 1M | Google's pick for new projects |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.30 cache $0.03 | $2.50 | $0.272 −5.3× | 1M | Stable Lite replacement |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | $1.00 cache $0.05 | $5.00 | $0.645 −2.2× | 1.05M | OpenAI's fast, efficient GPT-6 tier |
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has published scores on 9 benchmarks we track; its best placing is #51 of 105 on ARC-AGI-2. 2 of these scores come from an independent leaderboard; the rest are the lab's own reports.
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Leader | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 Reasoning | 31.1% ARC Prize verified, best result | #51 of 105 | GPT-6 Astra · 95% | Official leaderboard ARC Prize Foundation |
| ARC-AGI-1 Reasoning | 75% ARC Prize verified, best result | #52 of 99 | 6 tied · 98.5% | Official leaderboard ARC Prize Foundation |
| MRCR v2 Long context · 8-needle, up to 128K | 77% 128K average, thinking high | #5 of 7 | Gemini 3.7 Flash · 97% | Vendor-reported Google DeepMind |
| GPQA Diamond Expert knowledge | 91.9% no tools, thinking high | #9 of 11 | GPT-6 Astra · 96% | Vendor-reported Google DeepMind |
| SWE-Bench Pro Coding · Public set (731 tasks) | 43.3% single attempt, thinking high | #5 of 6 | Gemini 3.6 Flash · 58.7% | Vendor-reported Google DeepMind |
| Humanity's Last Exam Expert knowledge · With tools | 45.8% search and code, thinking high | #19 of 20 | Claude Fable 5.2 · 74.2% | Vendor-reported Google DeepMind |
| APEX-Agents Professional work | 18.4% thinking high | #6 of 6 | Kimi K3.1 Pro · 69.4% | Vendor-reported Google DeepMind |
| BrowseComp Agents and computer use | 59.2% search, Python and browse, thinking high | #6 of 6 | Kimi K3.1 Pro · 92.1% | Vendor-reported Google DeepMind |
| Terminal-Bench 2 Agents and computer use · Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.9% Terminus-2 harness, thinking high | #2 of 2 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · 68.5% | Vendor-reported Google DeepMind |
Gemini 3 Pro Preview API pricing FAQ.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview pricing questions, with archive/deprecation status separated from token math.
Q · 01 What is Gemini 3 Pro Preview's API price? +
This is an archive price, not a current endpoint recommendation. The page uses
$2/M input and $12/M output. The archived higher prompt tier is $4/M input and $18/M output, with $0.4/M cached input.Q · 02 Is Gemini 3 Pro Preview still available? +
No. Google says
gemini-3-pro-preview was shut down on 2026-03-09. Use gemini-3-1-pro-preview for current traffic.Q · 03 Does prompt caching apply? +
Yes. Google lists context caching for this model at
$0.2/M for text, image, and video input. The calculator uses that live cache rate for the agentic blended estimate.Q · 04 How should I use this page? +
Use it for archive pricing, old invoice reconciliation, and generation-to-generation price comparisons. Do not route new production traffic to this model, because the endpoint has already been shut down.
Q · 05 What about Batch and Flex pricing? +
The archived row follows the same headline pricing family as Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview. Use the current replacement page for live Batch, Flex, and Priority details.
Q · 06 How accurate is the tokenizer estimate? +
The widget uses
4.0 characters per token as a Gemini planning estimate. Exact billing can differ by language, media inputs, tool calls, and how Google tokenizes multimodal content.