gemini-3.5-pro pricing

gemini-3.5-pro is priced at $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $12.00 per 1M output tokens, with roughly 140 ms to first token and about 140 tokens/sec output throughput.

Price per 1M tokens

Input $2.50 · Output $12.00 · Output/input ratio 4.8x.

  • 1M input + 1M output tokens: $14.50
  • 10M input + 2M output tokens/month: $49.00
  • 100M input + 20M output tokens/month: $490.00

Cheaper alternatives to gemini-3.5-pro

Same workload, lower output price. Validate quality before switching.

  • gemini-2.5-pro — $10.00/1M output (17% cheaper)
  • llama-4.1-405b — $8.00/1M output (33% cheaper)
  • gpt-5.2 — $8.00/1M output (33% cheaper)
  • gpt-4.1 — $8.00/1M output (33% cheaper)

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