Reasoning-first Gemini preview for agentic coding and complex problem solving
Specification
google listing
Context
1M
Max output
66K
Released
2026-02-19
Knowledge cutoff
2026-03
Retires
—
Open weights
no
Input
text, image, video, audio, pdf
Output
text
Price
US dollars per million tokens · google list price
Input
$2.00
Output
$12.00
Cache read
$0.20
Cache write
$0.375
Batch and priority prices
US dollars per million tokens · per listing
| Price | Listing | $/M |
|---|---|---|
| Batch input | gemini | $1.00 |
| Batch output | gemini | $6.00 |
| Priority input | gemini | $3.60 |
| Priority output | gemini | $21.60 |
Batch input is 50% below the interactive input price at the same listing.
Long-context price tiers
the rate above each context threshold
| Above | Price | $/M |
|---|---|---|
| 200K | Cache read | $0.40 |
| 200K | Input | $4.00 |
| 200K | Output | $18.00 |
Rate limits
as listed
Requests per minute
2,000
Tokens per minute
800,000
Available from 9 hosts
| Host | In $/M | Out $/M | Cache rd | Cache wr | Context | Output | Retires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| googlevendor | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | — | 1M | 66K | — |
| gemini | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | — | 1M | 66K | — |
| kilo | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.10 | $0.1875 | 1M | 944K | — |
| llmgateway | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | — | 1M | 66K | — |
| llmgateway-providers · google-ai-studio | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | — | 1M | 66K | — |
| nano-gpt | $2.00 | $12.00 | $0.20 | $0.375 | 1M | 66K | — |
| openrouter | $2.00 | $10.00 | $0.10 | $0.1875 | 1M | 944K | — |
| edenai | $4.00 | $20.00 | $0.20 | $0.375 | 1M | 66K | — |
| the-grid-ai | — | — | — | — | 1M | 66K | — |
Price history
append-only observations · a listing writes a row only when its price moves
| Date | Host | Field | $/M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | gemini | Cache read | $0.125 |
| 2026-09-17 | gemini | Cache read | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-02 | kilo | Cache read | $0.20 |
| 2026-10-16 | kilo | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.20 |
| 2026-09-19 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.20 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.20 |
| 2026-10-16 | openrouter | Cache read | $0.10 |
| 2026-09-02 | kilo | Cache write | $0.375 |
| 2026-10-16 | kilo | Cache write | $0.1875 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.375 |
| 2026-09-19 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.375 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.375 |
| 2026-10-16 | openrouter | Cache write | $0.1875 |
| 2026-09-02 | edenai | Input | $2.00 |
| 2026-10-16 | edenai | Input | $4.00 |
| 2026-09-02 | gemini | Input | $1.25 |
| 2026-09-17 | gemini | Input | $2.00 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Input | $2.00 |
| 2026-09-19 | openrouter | Input | $2.00 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Input | $2.00 |
| 2026-09-02 | edenai | Output | $12.00 |
| 2026-10-16 | edenai | Output | $20.00 |
| 2026-09-02 | gemini | Output | $10.00 |
| 2026-09-17 | gemini | Output | $12.00 |
| 2026-09-02 | kilo | Output | $12.00 |
| 2026-10-16 | kilo | Output | $10.00 |
| 2026-09-02 | openrouter | Output | $12.00 |
| 2026-09-19 | openrouter | Output | $12.00 |
| 2026-10-10 | openrouter | Output | $12.00 |
| 2026-10-16 | openrouter | Output | $10.00 |
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