Seed 2.0 Lite vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-11-12 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.562 per million tokens versus
$0.688, a 18% difference.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview offers the larger context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 262,144 for Seed 2.0 Lite.
Head to head
| Seed 2.0 Lite | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.250 | $0.250 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $2.00 | $1.50 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.688 | $0.562 |
| Context window | 262,144 | 1,048,576 |
| Vendor | bytedance-seed |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Seed 2.0 Lite | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.750 | $0.625 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $7.50 | $6.25 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $75.00 | $62.50 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview when you need the longer context window (1,048,576 vs 262,144 tokens). Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.