Gemini 3 Flash vs Gemini 3.7 Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Gemini 3 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash both come from Google, Gemini 3 Flash was released in December 2025, and Gemini 3.7 Flash followed 8 months later in August 2026.
The two models share 2 published benchmarks. Gemini 3.7 Flash leads on 2 of them. The widest gaps are on MRCR v2 (8-needle), where Gemini 3.7 Flash scores 97.0% against 22.1%; CharXiv-R, where Gemini 3.7 Flash scores 88.7% against 80.3%. Averaged across everything we track, Gemini 3 Flash sits at 63.0% and Gemini 3.7 Flash at 59.8%.
Gemini 3 Flash is the cheaper API at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens, about 50% below Gemini 3.7 Flash at $0.75 and $3.75. Both accept a context window of about 1M tokens. Gemini 3 Flash accepts text, images, audio, and video as input, while Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts text and images.
| Characteristic | Gemini 3 Flash | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Company | ||
| Release Date | December 16, 2025 | August 13, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 66K | 66K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.50 | $0.75 |
| Output Price / 1M | $3.00 | $3.75 |
| Average Score | 63.0% | 59.8% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| MRCR v2 (8-needle) | 22.1% | 97.0% |
| CharXiv-R | 80.3% | 88.7% |
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Verdict
Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.
Both models show comparable average scores: Gemini 3 Flash — 0.6, Gemini 3.7 Flash — 0.6.
Gemini 3 Flash is 1.3x cheaper: input $0.50/1M vs $0.75/1M tokens.
Same context size: 1M tokens.
Gemini 3.7 Flash is newer: released 8/13/2026 vs 12/16/2025.
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