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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
Run the numbers.
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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Workload split
Prompt cache hit rate
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§ 02 / SCENARIOS
Real-world presets.
ARCHIVE
Invoice replay
$2.00/1M in
BENCHMARK
Legacy benchmark batch
$0.256/run
MIGRATION
Migration cost comparison
$0.460/pack
RAG
Archived RAG answer
$0.444/answer
§ 03 / TAPE
Price history.
Input · $2/M
Output · $12/M
Cached · $0.20/M
NOV 18 Released gemini-3-pro-previewFEB 26 Shutdown status confirmed by Google release notesMAR 09 Endpoint shut down; replacement is gemini-3-1-pro-previewMAY 18 Archive pricing retained from verified snapshot
§ 04 / TOKENIZER
Paste text. See tokens. See cost.
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.
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Cost as cached input —
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Effective blended | Context | Best for |
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| Gemini 3 Pro Preview Current | $2.00 cache $0.20 | $12.00 | $1.44 archive 92/8 | 1M | Archive Gemini 3 Pro Preview |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | $2.00 cache $0.20 | $12.00 | $1.44 current replacement | 1M | Current Gemini Pro preview |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $0.50 cache $0.05 | $3.00 | $0.36 newer flash preview | 1M | Current Gemini 3 Flash |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $0.25 cache $0.03 | $1.50 | $0.18 new light tier | 1M | Current high-volume Gemini |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $1.25 cache $0.13 | $10.00 | $1.10 stable pro | 2M | Stable Pro replacement |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.30 cache $0.03 | $2.50 | $0.27 stable flash | 1M | Stable Flash replacement |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | $0.10 cache $0.01 | $0.40 | $0.06 stable lite | 1M | Stable Lite replacement |
| GPT-5.4 mini | $0.75 cache $0.07 | $4.50 | $0.54 OpenAI mini | 400K | OpenAI mini alternative |
Frequently asked.
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.