text model comparison
Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Glimpse
Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Glimpse are both current text models, from Google and Elorian. Gemini 3 Flash Preview is 17% cheaper per 1M input tokens than Glimpse, $0.50 vs $0.60.
- Lower price per 1M input tokens
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.50 against $0.60
- Newer release
- GlimpseOct 2026 against Dec 2025
Data verified October 29, 2026 · Dataset 2026-10-29
Side by side
Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Glimpse, line by line
Prices in effect today, compared at the same tier wherever both list one. The better value in each row is highlighted.
| Fact | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Glimpse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Price per 1M input tokens | $0.50 (better) | $0.60 |
| Price per 1M output tokens | $3 | $3 |
| Independent benchmarks | ||
| Arena Text | 1473 Elo (#25 of 49) | Not measured |
| GPQA Diamond | 89.4% (#30 of 40) | Not measured |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) | 51.2% (#33 of 40) | Not measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.8% (#10 of 36) | Not measured |
| Specs | ||
| Provider | Elorian | |
| Release date | December 17, 2025 | October 16, 2026 |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | Not reported |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | Not reported |
| Input | text, image, audio, video | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |
No independent benchmark has scored both models yet. Each rank counts the current models scored on that benchmark.
Charts
Against every current text model
Where Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Glimpse land among the current models of their task, on every independent benchmark, on price and on context.
Where each stands
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a current Arena Text score: #25 of 49. Each bar is the share of current models it beats.
Independent benchmarks
Arena Text
Gemini 3 Flash Preview:#25of 49
1,473 Elo · ahead of 50%
Glimpse: Not scored
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3 Flash Preview:#30of 40
89.4% · ahead of 26%
Glimpse: Not scored
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)
Gemini 3 Flash Preview:#33of 40
51.2% · ahead of 18%
Glimpse: Not scored
SimpleQA Verified
Gemini 3 Flash Preview:#10of 36
66.8% · ahead of 74%
Glimpse: Not scored
Price and context
Price per 1M input tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview:#16of 52
$0.50 · cheaper than 71%
Glimpse:#17of 52
$0.60 · cheaper than 69%
Price per 1M output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview:#19of 52
$3 · cheaper than 63%
Glimpse:#19of 52
$3 · cheaper than 63%
Context window
Gemini 3 Flash Preview:#11of 66
1.05M tokens · longer than 65%
Glimpse: Not listed
Quality against price
Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores 1,473 at $1.13 (blended price per 1M tokens). The line joins the current models no other beats on both price and Arena Text score; hover any point to name it.
Quality against price: the data
| Model | Provider | Blended price per 1M tokens | Arena Text (Elo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 4 Argon | $4 | 1,525 | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | $8 | 1,507 |
| Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | $20 | 1,504 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | $20 | 1,501 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $1.50 | 1,497 | |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Meta | $2 | 1,494 |
| Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | $10 | 1,490 |
| Kimi K3 | Moonshot Kimi | $6 | 1,488 |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $1.50 | 1,486 | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | $8 | 1,485 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | $4 | 1,484 |
| Qwen3.8-Max | Alibaba Qwen | $3 | 1,483 |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $11 | 1,482 |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $3 | 1,482 | |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $10 | 1,481 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Xiaomi MiMo | $0.54 | 1,480 |
| GLM-5.3 | Z.ai | $2.15 | 1,478 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | $4 | 1,476 |
| GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | $5.63 | 1,475 |
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | $20 | 1,475 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash | DeepSeek | $0.52 | 1,475 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | Z.ai | $0.24 | 1,475 |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $1.13 | 1,473 | |
| Grok 4.20 | xAI | $1.56 | 1,472 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | $4.50 | 1,466 |
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | $3 | 1,466 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Pro | DeepSeek | $1.98 | 1,465 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | $4 | 1,461 |
| GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | $4 | 1,456 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.85 | 1,455 | |
| Grok 4.6 | xAI | $3 | 1,454 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.45 | 1,452 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Xiaomi MiMo | $0.18 | 1,451 |
| GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.20 | 1,443 |
| Grok 4.7 | xAI | $3 | 1,443 |
| Grok 4.3 | xAI | $1.56 | 1,442 |
| Mistral Large 4 | Mistral AI | $2.06 | 1,429 |
| GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | $3.50 | 1,415 |
| Solar Pro 4 | Upstage | $0.52 | 1,386 |
| GPT-4.1 mini | OpenAI | $0.70 | 1,383 |
| GPT-4.1 nano | OpenAI | $0.18 | 1,322 |
Cost
What each costs
Example workloads at each provider's listed rates, then every other rate either one lists. The cheaper figure in each row is highlighted.
The same work, priced
For 10M input and 2M output tokens, Glimpse costs 1.1 times as much as Gemini 3 Flash Preview, at each provider's listed rates.
10M input and 2M output tokens
Glimpse costs 1.1× as much
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview
- $11
- Glimpse
- $12
| Workload or rate | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Glimpse |
|---|---|---|
| Example workloads | ||
| 10M input and 2M output tokens | $11 (better) | $12 |
| The same, with 9M of the input tokens cached | $6.95 | Not listed |
| Other listed rates | ||
| 1M input tokens, cached | $0.05 | Not listed |
| 1M input tokens, cached audio | $0.10 | Not listed |
| 1M input tokens, audio | $1 | Not listed |
Verdict
When to choose each
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Where it leads
- Lower price per 1M input tokens, $0.50 vs $0.60
- Accepts audio input
- A cached-input rate, $0.05 per 1M tokens
Best for
- Fast multimodal and agentic coding evaluations
Watch out for
- This preview endpoint may change before becoming stable and the published price varies by input modality
Glimpse
Where it leads
No measured lead over Gemini 3 Flash Preview in this data.
Best for
- Visual question answering over charts, scenes and short videos
- Counting and captioning at a lower price than frontier multimodal models
Watch out for
- In Elorian's own table GPT-6 Astra scores higher on six of the twelve evaluations, including TOMATO temporal reasoning and Video-MME v2
- Post-trained on an open-weights base model Elorian does not name; it publishes no context window or output limit, and no independent benchmark score is recorded here yet
From benchmark to production
Building on Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Glimpse?
Public scores rarely hold on your own data. We test both models on your real tasks, then build the agent or pipeline around the one that wins.
FAQ
Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Glimpse FAQ
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Glimpse?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is 17% cheaper per 1M input tokens than Glimpse, $0.50 vs $0.60. For 10M input and 2M output tokens, Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $11 and Glimpse $12 at standard rates.
Do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Glimpse discount cached input?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview lists a cached-input rate of $0.05 per 1M tokens, 90% below its standard input rate. No cached-input rate is listed for Glimpse.
How do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Glimpse differ in features?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes text, image, audio and video input; Glimpse takes text, image and video.
Further reading
More on Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Glimpse
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Production evaluation
Choosing between Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Glimpse?
Public benchmarks narrow the shortlist. We run both on your own tasks, data and cost limits, then build the routing and review controls to run the winner in production.
- A head-to-head evaluation on your real workload
- Routing between models by cost and difficulty