Google’s new Gemini 3 Flash AI mannequin is constructed for sooner output at a decrease value, and capabilities in addition to earlier highly effective reasoning fashions, Google stated in a press launch on Wednesday. 

Based on benchmark assessments, Gemini 3 Flash achieves PhD-level reasoning within the GPQA Diamond take a look at, with a rating of 90.4%, and achieved a rating of 33.7% (with out instruments) in Humanity’s Final Examination. These are very tough assessments designed to push AI fashions and require expert-level data. By comparability, Gemini 3 Professional achieved scores of 91.9% and 37.5%, respectively. Google stated Gemini 3 Flash outperforms Gemini 2.5 Professional, which was Google’s high mannequin when it launched earlier this yr, at 3 times the velocity.

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Gemini 3 Flash is offered in Google AI Studio and Gemini CLI for builders. For common customers, it is rolling out within the Gemini app and AI Mode in Google Search. For enterprise customers, Gemini 3 Flash is offered in Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise.  

Google stated Gemini 3 Flash is usually a helpful agent for buyer assist or in-game assist, duties that require quick responses. 

“Gemini 3 Flash excels at greedy the nuance of your query to serve considerate, complete responses which are visually digestible — pulling real-time native data and useful hyperlinks from throughout the net,” Google stated in a weblog submit. 

Gemini 3 Professional and nano banana, Google’s picture mannequin, are additionally touchdown in AI Mode in Search. They’re going to be accessible through a dropdown menu and is barely obtainable to AI Professional and Extremely subscribers. 

Gemini 3 Flash comes as Google is beginning to acquire a lead towards ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Final month’s launch of Gemini 3 reportedly pushed OpenAI into declaring a “code pink.” OpenAI has since fought again with final week’s launch of GPT-5.2. Anthropic additionally launched a brand new model of its strongest mannequin, Claude Opus 4.5, in latest weeks.