Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a high speed, high value thinking model designed for agentic workflows, multi turn chat, and coding assistance. It delivers near Pro level reasoning and tool use performance with substantially lower latency than la…
Model details →Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
The 2024-08-06 version of GPT-4o offers improved performance in structured outputs, with the ability to supply a JSON schema in the respone_format. Read more [here](https://openai.com/index/introducing-structured-outputs-in-the-api/). GPT-…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview | OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1.0M | 128K | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.50 | $2.50 | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $3.00 | $10.00 | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | — | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06)?
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview and OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06)?
Input: $0.50 vs $2.50 per 1M tokens. Output: $3.00 vs $10.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview and OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) support?
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview supports up to 1.0M tokens. OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) supports up to 128K tokens.
Do both Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview and OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) support tool calling?
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview: yes. OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06): yes.