Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $9 per 1M output tokens, 3x the price of Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 6x the price of Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Today at Google I/O, Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash. This one skipped the -preview modifier and went straight to general availability …
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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lands With a Hefty Price Hike
Google's latest Flash model skips preview and goes straight to GA — at 3x to 6x the cost of its predecessors.
Google dropped Gemini 3.5 Flash at I/O, and your API bill is about to notice. The model costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $9 per million output tokens. That's triple the price of Gemini 3 Flash Preview and six times what Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite charged.
In an unusual move, Google skipped the preview phase entirely, pushing 3.5 Flash straight to general availability. No beta testing period, no gradual rollout — just a full launch at a significantly steeper price point.
The pricing signals Google's confidence in the model's capabilities, but it also marks a clear shift in the Flash line's value proposition. Flash was supposed to be the budget tier. At these rates, developers building token-heavy applications will need to recalculate their cost projections fast.