Gemini 3 Flash Turbo vs Gemini 3 Pro Vision: which model should you choose?
We compared Gemini 3 Flash Turbo and Gemini 3 Pro Vision on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Gemini 3 Pro Vision has the stronger average benchmark score; Gemini 3 Flash Turbo is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Gemini 3 Flash Turbo
Gemini 3 Flash Turbo is a frontier model from Google DeepMind. It offers a 200,000-token context window, costs $17.07 per million input tokens and $69.05 per million output tokens, and averages 84.1 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $17.07 / 1M
- Output
- $69.05 / 1M
- Context
- 200,000
- Avg score
- 84.1
- Open weights
- No
Gemini 3 Pro Vision
Gemini 3 Pro Vision is a frontier model from Google DeepMind. It offers a 200,000-token context window, costs $17.59 per million input tokens and $68.83 per million output tokens, and averages 85.5 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $17.59 / 1M
- Output
- $68.83 / 1M
- Context
- 200,000
- Avg score
- 85.5
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Gemini 3 Flash Turbo | Gemini 3 Pro Vision | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $17.07 | $17.59 | A |
| Output price / 1M | $69.05 | $68.83 | B |
| Context window | 200,000 | 200,000 | Tie |
| Max output | 16,384 | 128,000 | B |
| Average score | 84.1 | 85.5 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1473.4 | 1458.1 | A |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Gemini 3 Flash Turbo wins 3, Gemini 3 Pro Vision wins 9, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Turbo | Gemini 3 Pro Vision | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 87.9 | 87.3 | 0.6 | Gemini 3 Flash Turbo |
| GPQA Diamond | 77.5 | 80.6 | 3.1 | Gemini 3 Pro Vision |
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.5 | 76.5 | 4.0 | Gemini 3 Pro Vision |
| HumanEval | 90.6 | 91.6 | 1.0 | Gemini 3 Pro Vision |
| MATH-500 | 87.6 | 88.4 | 0.8 | Gemini 3 Pro Vision |
| AIME 2025 | 81.3 | 87.3 | 6.0 | Gemini 3 Pro Vision |
| LiveCodeBench | 78.5 | 79.2 | 0.7 | Gemini 3 Pro Vision |
| IFEval | 88.9 | 90.4 | 1.5 | Gemini 3 Pro Vision |
| TruthfulQA | 87.4 | 84.5 | 2.9 | Gemini 3 Flash Turbo |
| HellaSwag | 89.5 | 91.1 | 1.6 | Gemini 3 Pro Vision |
| MMMU | 83.0 | 83.6 | 0.6 | Gemini 3 Pro Vision |
| Arena Elo | 1473.4 | 1458.1 | 15.3 | Gemini 3 Flash Turbo |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Gemini 3 Flash Turbo costs about $30.06 per million tokens and Gemini 3 Pro Vision costs about $30.40. Gemini 3 Flash Turbo is roughly 1% cheaper than Gemini 3 Pro Vision. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Both models list a 200,000-token context window. That is enough for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Gemini 3 Flash Turbo wins 3, Gemini 3 Pro Vision wins 9, and 0 are tied. On the index average, Gemini 3 Pro Vision leads Gemini 3 Flash Turbo by 1.4 points (85.5 versus 84.1).
The price picture favours Gemini 3 Flash Turbo. The context picture is effectively a tie. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with Gemini 3 Pro Vision for quality-sensitive work and Gemini 3 Flash Turbo for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.
Choose Gemini 3 Flash Turbo if
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
Choose Gemini 3 Pro Vision if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- You need the larger 128,000-token output limit.
FAQ
Is Gemini 3 Flash Turbo better than Gemini 3 Pro Vision?
On the index average, Gemini 3 Pro Vision leads Gemini 3 Flash Turbo by 1.4 points (85.5 versus 84.1). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Gemini 3 Flash Turbo wins 3 benchmarks, Gemini 3 Pro Vision wins 9.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Turbo or Gemini 3 Pro Vision?
Gemini 3 Flash Turbo is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $30.06 per million tokens, versus $30.40 for Gemini 3 Pro Vision.
Which has the larger context window?
Both models list a 200,000-token context window.
Are these models open weights?
Gemini 3 Flash Turbo is proprietary; Gemini 3 Pro Vision is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Gemini 3 Pro Vision for quality-sensitive work and Gemini 3 Flash Turbo for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.