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Gemini API pricing in 2026

Google offers models focused on the mid and fast tiers: mid-tier (Gemini 3.1 Pro) and fast (Gemini 3.5 Flash, 3 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite). Google dominates the budget end of the market with four models under $2/MTok input. Google provides 75% cache read discounts with no cache write surcharge.

Models

4

Cheapest input

$0.25/MTok

Cache discount

75% off

Max context

1,000K

All Gemini models

ModelTierInput $/MTokOutput $/MTokContextBest taskReleased
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteFast / Budget$0.25$1.501,000KClassification (85/100)Jun 2026
Gemini 3 FlashFast / Budget$0.50$3.001,000KClassification (88/100)Mar 2026
Gemini 3.5 FlashFast / Budget$1.50$9.001,000KClassification (92/100)May 2026
Gemini 3.1 ProMid-tier$2.00$12.001,000KReasoning (90/100)Apr 2026

Gemini cost by use case

Estimated cost per API call across common workloads, using default token counts for each use case.

Use caseFlash-LiteFlashFlashPro
Code Generation$0.006500$0.0130$0.0390$0.0520
Unit Test Generation$0.008250$0.0165$0.0495$0.0660
SQL Generation$0.001875$0.003750$0.0113$0.0150
API Generation$0.009750$0.0195$0.0585$0.0780
Code Refactoring$0.007000$0.0140$0.0420$0.0560
Code Review$0.004250$0.008500$0.0255$0.0340
PR Review$0.006500$0.0130$0.0390$0.0520
Security Review$0.005250$0.0105$0.0315$0.0420
Bug Detection$0.004250$0.008500$0.0255$0.0340
Document Summarization$0.004000$0.008000$0.0240$0.0320
PDF Summarization$0.006000$0.0120$0.0360$0.0480
Meeting Notes$0.005000$0.0100$0.0300$0.0400

Gemini quality benchmarks by task

Confidence scores (0-100) across all task types. Higher is better.

TaskFlash-LiteFlashFlashPro
Code Generation55/10065/10068/10086/100
Code Review52/10062/10065/10084/100
Summarization79/10083/10085/10087/100
Q&A78/10082/10084/10087/100
Extraction83/10086/10090/10085/100
Reasoning50/10058/10060/10090/100
Classification85/10088/10092/10086/100
Creative Writing45/10052/10055/10084/100

Recent Gemini pricing changes

Gemini 3.5 Flash input increased

$0.15 to $1.50/MTok

Jul 15, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash output increased

$0.60 to $9.00/MTok

Jul 15, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash output decreased

$0.75 to $0.60/MTok

Jun 10, 2026

Gemini 3.1 Pro input launched

$2.00/MTok at launch

Apr 22, 2026

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