Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs o4 Mini Deep Research
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs 2.7x less per output token.
Which Is Cheaper?
At 1M tokens/mo
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $2
o4 Mini Deep Research: $5
At 10M tokens/mo
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $18
o4 Mini Deep Research: $50
At 100M tokens/mo
Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $175
o4 Mini Deep Research: $500
Which Performs Better?
| Test | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | o4 Mini Deep Research |
|---|---|---|
| Structured Output | — | — |
| Strategic Analysis | — | — |
| Constrained Rewriting | — | — |
| Creative Problem Solving | — | — |
| Tool Calling | — | — |
| Faithfulness | — | — |
| Classification | — | — |
| Long Context | — | — |
| Safety Calibration | — | — |
| Persona Consistency | — | — |
| Agentic Planning | — | — |
| Multilingual | — | — |