Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Command A
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by Google
|
by Cohere
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Preview flagship | Current flagship |
| Released | Dec 17, 2025 | Mar 13, 2025 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.500/Mtok | $2.50/Mtok |
| Output | $3.00/Mtok | $10.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $1.13/Mtok | $4.38/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.050/Mtok | — |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 256K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | 111B |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimageaudiovideo
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: Artificial Analysis, Google model card, Google model card (no tools) / Cohere model card | ||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.4 vendor | 50 vendor |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 78 vendor | 25 vendor |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 33.7 vendor | 15 vendor |
| ARC-AGI 2 | — | 12 vendor |
| AIME 2025 | — | 45 vendor |
| MMMLU | — | 74 vendor |
| BFCL | — | 60 vendor |
| HumanEval | — | 78 vendor |
| MATH 500 | — | 62 vendor |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| LMSYS Chatbot Arena | 1472.8 ELO | 1353.8 ELO |
| AA Intelligence Index | 27 | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Google — $0.500/$3.00/Mtok
|
Cohere — $2.50/$10.00/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Command A | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $1.13 | $4.38 | $3.25 (74.3%) |
| 10M tokens | $11.25 | $43.75 | $32.5 (74.3%) |
| 100M tokens | $112.5 | $437.5 | $325 (74.3%) |
| 1000M tokens | $1125 | $4375 | $3250 (74.3%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- cost dominates: $1.13/Mtok blended vs $4.38 — 74.3% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.050/Mtok — 90% off its list input price, a discount Command A doesn't offer
- you need the longer context: 1M tokens vs 256K (4.1×)
- this pairing gives Command A no edge on price, context, cache discount, or measured performance — pick it only for qualitative fit (ecosystem, compliance, model behavior on your prompts)
The cheaper option here — Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $1.13/Mtok blended on Google.
Summary
Gemini 3 Flash Preview by Google costs $0.500/Mtok input and $3.00/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image, audio, video input.
Command A by Cohere costs $2.50/Mtok input and $10.00/Mtok output, with a 256K-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, Gemini 3 Flash Preview is 74.3% cheaper than Command A.It also has a larger context window.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.