Gemini 3 Flash

• Positioning: Google’s newest model, positioned as a high-performance “workhorse” or daily driver for developers. Focused on speed, efficiency, and low cost.
• Performance: Significantly outperforms gemini-25-flash predecessor and often rivals/beats gemini-25-pro and Gemini 3 Pro in coding and agentic tasks. Achieved 78% on SWE-bench Verified, beating Claude Sonnet 4.5.
• Cost: $0.50 per million input tokens.
• Model Type: Despite being a “Flash” (lightweight) model, delivers high performance comparable to heavier variants.
• Video Reviews:
  • Sam wittenvern’s review
  • Mathew Berman’s review

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Source Notes

• 2026-04-07: AI Powered Second Brain Claude Code Integration with Obsidian · ▶ source