Gemini 3 Flash vs o3-mini: Fastest Logic APIs

Gemini 3 Flash vs o3-mini
Complete Comparison: 500,000 input tokens × 200,000 output tokens
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🖼️ 1 Image 🎥 60s Video 🎧 10min Audio ⚡ 90% Cached

Complete comparison of pricing, performance, and capabilities for 2 leading AI models with 1 Image, 60s Video, 10min Audio and more.

🖼️ Multimodal Input ⚡ Caching Optimized (up to 90% savings) 📊 Batch API
Comparison Criteria Gemini 3 Flash
Google
o3-mini
OpenAI
Calculation Results (Current Inputs) (1 images, 60s video (24fps), 10min audio, 90% cached)
Input Tokens 500,000 N/A (Special Pricing)
Output Tokens 200,000 N/A (Special Pricing)
Cost Breakdown
Input Cost $0.267619 (rounded ~ 0.27) N/A (Special Pricing)
Output Cost $0.600000 N/A (Special Pricing)
Unit Cost (Audio/OCR) $0.000000 $0.000000
Service Fees $0.000000 $0.000000
Total Cost $0.650848 Best Value $7.500000 Most Expensive
Processing Time 16 minutes, 5.00 seconds Fastest 24 minutes, 30.00 seconds Slowest
Tokens per Second 800 N/A (Special Pricing)
Time to First Token 100ms Best 200ms Worst
Cost per 1K tokens $0.000885 N/A (Special Pricing)
Tokens per Dollar 1,129,662 N/A (Special Pricing)
Cost per 1 Million Tokens (Informational)
Input Cost / 1M (Base) $0.500000 N/A (Special Pricing)
Output Cost / 1M (Base) $3.000000 N/A (Special Pricing)
Input Cost / 1M (Optimized) $0.250000
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
N/A (Special Pricing)
Output Cost / 1M (Optimized) $1.500000
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
N/A (Special Pricing)
Capabilities & Advanced Features
Images Support
1
✓ Supported ✗ Not Supported requested
Video Support
60 (24fps)
✓ Supported ✗ Not Supported requested
Audio Support
10
✓ Supported ✗ Not Supported requested
Caching Support
90
✓ Supported ✗ Not Supported requested
Batch API Support ✓ Supported ✗ Not Supported
Tool Usage Support ✓ Supported ✗ Not Supported
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Gemini 3 Flash (Legacy)
GoogleMax Context: 1,000,000 tokens
$0.5 / $3 per 1M tokens (Tier 1)
State-dependent pricing active. Current tier: Standard
Use Batch API (50% discount)
90%
Provider-specific multipliers applied after all calculations
Enable for cache discounts
Select platform to enforce context limits
Number of requests (max 1M). Summary view auto-enabled >10k.
Will auto-convert to minutes for Voxtral models (9000 tokens = 1 min)
$0.067 per 1,000 pixels

Calculate Token Costs

$0.026762 Input Cost
$0.600000 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
735,238Total Tokens
$0.000885Cost per 1K
1,129,662Tokens per $
🔄 Dynamic Tier Pricing Active: Using Premium pricing (tier2) based on token volume.
📊 Advanced Cost Breakdown

Processing Speed

16m 5s Processing Time
800 Tokens/Second
100ms Time to First Token
762 Effective Speed

Model Comparison

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Model Information

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🔄 Advanced Options

⚡ Optimization
Flat fee per session (e.g., $0.03 for Code Interpreter)
Hourly storage fee for cached data
First 50 hours free, $0.05/hour after

🧠 Reasoning & Thinking
Apply 1.5x multiplier to output tokens (GPT-5.4, Claude 4.6)
Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)

🔧 Special Modes
Enable 4x Tunnel Multiplier (applied after markup)
Enable 6.0x Fast Mode multiplier

📚 Research & Citations
Enable $1.00/$4.00 rates + $10.00/1k search
Enable research tier pricing
Fee per source cited

🎤 Realtime Audio & Video
Session length for billing
📊 Multiple Models Detected: This page contains data for 2 models. See the detailed comparison table above, and switch between models using tabs below.

Gemini 3 Flash Google 1000000

$0.650848
Total Cost
🖼️ 1 Image (1080p) 🎥 60s Video (720p) 🎧 10min Audio ⚡ 90% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✓ Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✓ Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.867619 (rounded ~ 0.87) Input: $0.267619 (rounded ~ 0.27)
Output: $0.600000
Optimized Cost $0.650848 Input: $0.267619 (rounded ~ 0.27)
Output: $0.600000
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.216771 (rounded ~ 0.22) 25.0% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

🖼️ Multimodal Input
$0.000000
35,238 tokens
📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount
📊 Dynamic Tier
Premium
tier2 pricing based on 0 tokens

Multimodal Input Details

🖼️ Images
Count: 1
Resolution: 1080p
Tokens: 258
Cost: $0.000000
🎥 Video
Duration: 60 seconds
Quality: 720p
FPS: 24fps
Cost: $0.000000
🎧 Audio
Duration: 10 minutes
Cost: $0.000000

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 500,000 input tokens and 200,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.267619 (rounded ~ 0.27)
  • Output Cost: $0.600000
  • Total Cost: $0.650848
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.000885
  • Tokens per dollar: 1,129,662 tokens
  • Context Window: 1000000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 800 tokens per second and 100ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 16 minutes, 5.00 seconds
  • Latency: 100 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 800 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 762 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Live Video AnalysisRapid JSON Generation

o3-mini OpenAI 1050000

$7.500000
Total Cost
🖼️ 1 Image (1080p) 🎥 60s Video (720p) 🎧 10min Audio ⚡ 90% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
👁️
Vision/Images
✗ Not Available requested
🎧
Audio Processing
✗ Not Available requested
🎥
Video Analysis
✗ Not Available requested
🔧
Tool Usage
✗ Not Available requested
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✗ Not Available
Caching
✗ Not Available

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $7.500000 Input: $2.500000
Output: $5.000000
Optimized Cost $7.500000 Input: $2.500000
Output: $5.000000
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 500,000 input tokens and 200,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $2.500000
  • Output Cost: $5.000000
  • Total Cost: $7.500000
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.010714
  • Tokens per dollar: 93,333 tokens
  • Context Window: 1050000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 500 tokens per second and 200ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 24 minutes, 30.00 seconds
  • Latency: 200 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 500 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 476 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Live Video AnalysisRapid JSON Generation

✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

← Back to Gemini 3 Flash
📋 Active Input Parameters
Input Tokens: 500,000
Output Tokens: 200,000
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Cached Tokens: 90%
Images: 1 (1080p Resolution)
Video: 60 seconds (720p)
Audio: 10 minutes
Tools: Enabled
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs Gemini 3 Flash vs o3-mini
🏆 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
$0.090170 Best Value ↓ 86.1% cheaper ↓ 98.8% cheaper
🥈 Grok 5
xAI
$0.826271 (rounded ~ 0.83) ↑ 27% more ↓ 89% cheaper
🥉 Grok 5
xAI
$0.826271 (rounded ~ 0.83) ↑ 27% more ↓ 89% cheaper
🏆

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

$0.090170
vs Gemini 3 Flash: ↓ 86.1%
vs o3-mini: ↓ 98.8%
🥈

Grok 5
xAI

$0.826271 (rounded ~ 0.83)
vs Gemini 3 Flash: ↑ 27%
vs o3-mini: ↓ 89%
🥉

Grok 5
xAI

$0.826271 (rounded ~ 0.83)
vs Gemini 3 Flash: ↑ 27%
vs o3-mini: ↓ 89%
✨ How recommendations work (v8.6.0): We scan all active models in the registry and only include those that support ALL your current inputs. For token-based models, we check if they can handle your token counts. For special pricing models (OCR, video, audio), we verify they have the correct pricing structure. Features marked requested were in your inputs but not supported by that model. Now using official provider pricing without reseller markups.

Speed for Agents

Gemini 3 Flash is the fastest multimodal model for processing live video streams. o3-mini is the fastest model for logical reasoning and structured JSON output. If your agent needs to ‘see,’ use Flash. If your agent needs to ‘think,’ use o3-mini.

Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate are these AI model cost calculations?
Our calculations are based on official pricing from each provider (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, xAI, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Mistral) and are updated regularly. We account for all factors including multimodal inputs, caching discounts, batch API pricing, tool usage multipliers, OCR processing, audio minutes, silence fees, and research mode pricing. Note: Reseller markups and dedicated instance multipliers have been removed to reflect official provider pricing.
How are image tokens calculated?
Images are tokenized based on resolution: Low: 85 tokens, Medium: 170 tokens, High: 255 tokens, Full: 765 tokens per image. Some models (like Llama 4 Maverick) use tile-based encoding with 1,610 tokens/image (standard) or 8,050 tokens/image (high-res).
How is video pricing calculated?
Video processing uses either token-based billing (263 tokens per second) or duration-based billing for video generation models like Veo ($0.15-0.75 per second depending on resolution). 60fps content may incur a 25% surcharge.
How does audio billing work?
Audio models use duration-based billing (minutes) rather than tokens. Voxtral Realtime: $0.006/min, Async: $0.003/min. Silence/keep-alive fees apply for GPT Realtime Mini at $0.30/1M tokens. Diarization adds $0.002/min, context biasing adds $0.01 flat fee.
How does prompt caching work?
Caching discounts vary by provider: Google and OpenAI offer 90% discounts on cached input tokens. Anthropic uses write (1.25x) and read (0.10x) multipliers. Savings are applied to the token portion only, not unit-based fees.
How do Market Recommendations work (v8.6.0)?
Our recommendation engine scans the entire model registry and only includes models that support ALL your current input parameters (tokens, images, video, audio, OCR, tools, batch API, etc.). It calculates exact costs with your settings and sorts by price, showing you the best value options that can handle your complete workflow. Special pricing models (OCR, video, audio, image generation) are properly handled and only appear when their specific input types are requested. v8.6.0 removes reseller markups (20% buffer) and dedicated instance multipliers to reflect official provider pricing.
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The YemHub AI Calculator is the most comprehensive tool for estimating costs and comparing performance metrics across 50+ AI models. It calculates token-based pricing, analyzes multimodal processing, accounts for state-dependent pricing (context cliffs, tiered tunnels), provides optimization recommendations, and now offers intelligent market matching to find the best alternatives for your specific needs.