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 Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Note: Sonar Pro pricing includes Perplexity search pricing. See [details here](https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/pricing#detailed-pricing-breakdown-for-sonar-reasoning-pro-and-sonar-pro) Sonar Reasoning Pro is a premier reasoning model pow…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro | 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 | $2.00 | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $3.00 | $8.00 | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro?
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 Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro?
Input: $0.50 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $3.00 vs $8.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro support?
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview supports up to 1.0M tokens. Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro supports up to 128K tokens.
Do both Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro support tool calling?
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview: yes. Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro: not advertised.