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Gemini 3 Pro vs Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning

Gemini 3 Pro (2025) and Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning (2025) are frontier reasoning models from Google DeepMind and Microsoft Research. Gemini 3 Pro ships a 1m-token context window, while Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning ships a 128k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Gemini 3 Pro fits 8x more tokens; pick it for long-context work and Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning for tighter calls.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalGemini 3 ProPhi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning
Best formultimodal apps, tool-calling agents, and long-context analysisreasoning-heavy apps
Decision fitCoding, RAG, and AgentsLong context
Context window1m128k
Cheapest output$5/1M tokens-
Provider routes2 tracked1 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Gemini 3 Pro when...
  • Gemini 3 Pro has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Gemini 3 Pro has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Gemini 3 Pro uniquely exposes Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Gemini 3 Pro for Coding, RAG, and Agents.
Choose Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning when...
  • Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning uniquely exposes Reasoning in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning for Long context.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Gemini 3 Pro

$2,250

Cheapest tracked route/tier: GCP Vertex AI

Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Gemini 3 Pro -> Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Gemini 3 Pro and Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Check replacement coverage for Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use before moving production traffic.
  • Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning adds Reasoning in local capability data.
Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning -> Gemini 3 Pro
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning and Gemini 3 Pro; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Check replacement coverage for Reasoning before moving production traffic.
  • Gemini 3 Pro adds Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use in local capability data.

Specs

Specification
Released2025-12-112025-12-01
Context window1m128k
Parameters—3.8B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseProprietaryMITOSI-approved
OpennessProprietaryOpen source
WeightsNot releasedUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff2025-012025-02

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeGemini 3 ProPhi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning
Input price$1.25/1M tokens-
Output price$5/1M tokens-
Providers

Capabilities

CapabilityGemini 3 ProPhi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning
VisionYesNo
MultimodalYesNo
ReasoningNoYes
JSON / Tool useYesNo
Structured outputsNoNo
Code executionYesNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-09-21. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.