API cost decision in 10 seconds
Qianfan-OCR-Fast vs 🔥Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview when budget and context both matter.
Pricing data updated:
Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget verdict
Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview when budget and context both matter.
On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Gemini 3 Flash Preview is estimated at $2 vs $2.08 for Qianfan-OCR-Fast, saving $0.08 (4.1% lower).
Cost-first pickGemini 3 Flash Preview
Context-first pickGemini 3 Flash Preview
Sample savings$0.084.1%
10x traffic gap$0.85
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $0.85. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.
Cost sensitivity
Workload Sensitivity
Cost winner changes by workload shape: input-heavy / RAG favors Gemini 3 Flash Preview, balanced workload favors Qianfan-OCR-Fast, and output-heavy chatbot favors Qianfan-OCR-Fast.
| Workload shape | Token mix | Better pick | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input-heavy / RAG | 5M input + 500K output | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $4.81 | $4 |
| Balanced workload | 1M input + 1M output | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | $3.49 | $3.5 |
| Output-heavy chatbot | 1M input + 5M output | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | $14.73 | $15.5 |
Estimate your workload cost
Your Workload Cost
This estimate uses normalized public API pricing per 1M tokens. It is a planning aid, not a billing quote. Verify provider pricing, limits, and terms before production use.
Quick Decision
Gemini 3 Flash Preview has the lower input price, Qianfan-OCR-Fast has the lower output price, and Gemini 3 Flash Preview offers the larger context window.
For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $2.08 for Qianfan-OCR-Fast and $2 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
Choose Qianfan-OCR-Fast when you care most about lower output-token price.
Choose Gemini 3 Flash Preview when you care most about lower input-token price, and larger context window.
| Feature | Qianfan-OCR-Fast (Baidu) | 🔥Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Google) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price prompt tokens per 1M | $0.68 | $0.5 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $2.81 | $3 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $2.08 | $2 |
| Context Window | 65.54K | 1.05M |
| Release Date | 2026-04-20 | 2025-12-17 |
| Popularity | #7 |
Qianfan-OCR-Fast is a domain-specific multimodal large model purpose-built for OCR. By leveraging specialized OCR training data while preserving versatile multimodal intelligence, it provides a powerful performance upgrade over Qianfan-OCR.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is a high speed, high value thinking model designed for agentic workflows, multi turn chat, and coding assistance. It delivers near Pro level reasoning and tool...
Use-Case Decision Matrix
| Use case | Better pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Budget-constrained production | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Gemini 3 Flash Preview is estimated at $2 vs $2.08 for Qianfan-OCR-Fast, saving $0.08 (4.1% lower). |
| High-volume input processing | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts or retrieved passages dominate the bill. |
| Long responses and chatbots | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens. |
| RAG or long-document work | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages and source files. |