Best Gemini 3 Pro Alternatives
Gemini 3 Pro by Google is a flagship model priced at $2/12 per 1M tokens (in/out). It's on the expensive side — there are cheaper options with similar quality.
Gemini 3 Pro
GoogleFlagshipInput
$2/1M
Output
$12/1M
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Why Switch from Gemini 3 Pro?
Top Alternatives
50% cheaper, comparable performance.
Input
$2/1M
Same price
Output
$5/1M
58% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
20% cheaper, comparable performance.
Input
$1.25/1M
38% cheaper
Output
$10/1M
17% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Higher benchmark scores.
Input
$2/1M
Same price
Output
$12/1M
Same price
Context
1M
Max Output
64K
Comparable performance.
Input
$2/1M
Same price
Output
$16/1M
33% more
Context
200K
Max Output
66K
Comparable performance.
Input
$5/1M
150% more
Output
$25/1M
108% more
Context
200K
Max Output
32K
Comparable performance.
Input
$1.75/1M
13% cheaper
Output
$14/1M
17% more
Context
200K
Max Output
66K
20% cheaper, comparable performance.
Input
$1.25/1M
38% cheaper
Output
$10/1M
17% cheaper
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Adds web-search.
Input
$3/1M
50% more
Output
$15/1M
25% more
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $2.00Same price | $5.0058% cheaper | 128K | 83%-6.8% | 91%-3.0% | 95 |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $1.2538% cheaper | $10.0017% cheaper | 128K | 88.5%-1.3% | 95%+1.0% | 93 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.00Same price | $12.00Same price | 1M | 91%+1.2% | 95%+1.0% | 90 |
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.00Same price | $16.0033% more | 200K | 90%+0.2% | 96.5%+2.5% | 85 |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $5.00150% more | $25.00108% more | 200K | 89.5%-0.3% | 95%+1.0% | 78 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.7513% cheaper | $14.0017% more | 200K | 89%-0.8% | 95.5%+1.5% | 78 |
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $1.2538% cheaper | $10.0017% cheaper | 1M | 87.5%-2.3% | 93.5%-0.5% | 78 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.0050% more | $15.0025% more | 128K | 86%-3.8% | 93%-1.0% | 74 |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.1045% cheaper | $4.4063% cheaper | 200K | 85%-4.8% | 93.5%-0.5% | 73 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.0050% cheaper | $3.2073% cheaper | 200K | 70.4%-19.4% | 91%-3.0% | 70 |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $2.5025% more | $10.0017% cheaper | 128K | 80.5%-9.3% | 91%-3.0% | 65 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.0050% more | $15.0025% more | 200K | 86%-3.8% | 94%Same | 63 |
| o3OpenAI | $0.4080% cheaper | $1.6087% cheaper | 200K | 87%-2.8% | 94.5%+0.5% | 63 |
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogle | $0.5075% cheaper | $3.0075% cheaper | 1M | 78%-11.8% | 90%-4.0% | 63 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.8060% cheaper | $4.0067% cheaper | 200K | 69.4%-20.4% | 88.1%-5.9% | 60 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.6070% cheaper | $2.2082% cheaper | 200K | 84.3%-5.5% | — | 58 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.0050% more | $15.0025% more | 200K | 84.5%-5.3% | 93%-1.0% | 55 |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.1593% cheaper | $0.6095% cheaper | 1M | 76%-13.8% | 89.5%-4.5% | 53 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.5573% cheaper | $2.1982% cheaper | 128K | 84%-5.8% | 92%-2.0% | 53 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.3085% cheaper | $1.2090% cheaper | 200K | 82%-7.8% | 90%-4.0% | 53 |
| Mistral Medium 3Mistral | $0.4080% cheaper | $2.0083% cheaper | 128K | 76%-13.8% | 87%-7.0% | 50 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.3185% cheaper | $0.8593% cheaper | 1M | 80.5%-9.3% | 90.2%-3.8% | 43 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.1493% cheaper | $0.2898% cheaper | 164K | 78%-11.8% | 89%-5.0% | 43 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.1593% cheaper | $0.6095% cheaper | 128K | 68%-21.8% | 87.2%-6.8% | 40 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1891% cheaper | $0.6395% cheaper | 10M | 74.2%-15.6% | 86%-8.0% | 35 |