Google Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a Google model for multimodal understanding, agentic and vibe-coding workflows, and structured tool use.
Capabilities, design details, and architectural traits
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is built for multimodal understanding and fast interactive work. It is positioned as a Flash model with strong agentic behavior and vibe-coding use.
| Distinctive trait | What is documented |
|---|---|
| Multimodal focus | Described as a model for multimodal understanding. |
| Agentic and vibe-coding use | Called a powerful agentic and vibe-coding model. |
| Interactive visual work | Positioned for richer visuals and deeper interactivity. |
| Thinking and tools | Supports thinking, code execution, computer use, file search, function calling, grounding, structured outputs, and URL context. |
The model is described as built on a foundation of state-of-the-art reasoning. Its documented use pattern combines multimodal input with tool use for interactive tasks.
The model accepts text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs. The documentation also lists caching and Batch API support, which fits its preview role as a developer-facing Flash model.
Independent evaluations · Artificial Analysis
Evaluate specifications, pricing, and independent benchmark indices
| Model Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General Info | |||
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic | |
| Release Date | December 17, 2025 | July 24, 2026 | June 9, 2026 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | - | May 2026 | - |
| Context & Limits | |||
| Context Window | 1.0M Best Context Window | 1M | 1M |
| Pricing (per 1M tokens) | |||
| Input Pricing | $0.50 Best Input Pricing | $5 | $10 |
| Output Pricing | $3 Best Output Pricing | $25 | $50 |
| Modalities | |||
| Inputs | textimagefileaudiovideo | textimage | textimagefile |
| Outputs | text | text | text |
| Benchmarks (0-100) | |||
| Intelligence Index | 27.9 | 63.1 Best Intelligence Index | 62.1 |
| Coding Index | - | 78.0 Best Coding Index | 76.5 |
| Agentic Index | - | 59.2 Best Agentic Index | 56.6 |
Graduate-level reasoning and expert Q&A evaluation.
Extremely difficult logical reasoning and knowledge.
Logical reasoning over long context windows.
Independent evaluation data provided by Artificial Analysis. To view the latest benchmarks and full details, visit their official site.
