compare/Gemini 3 FlashvsBge-M3

Gemini 3 Flash vs Bge-M3

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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 Gemini 3 Flash
google/gemini-3-flash
Bge-M3
baai/bge-m3
ProviderGoogleBAAI
FamilyGemini 3BGE
Modalitytextembedding
Context window1,000,000 tok60,000 tok
Max output8,192 tok
Released2026-04-132024-05-22
Input price$0.500 /1M$0.012 /1M
Output price$3.00 /1M
Cache read$0.050 /1M
Toolsyes
Streamingyes
Visionyes
JSON modeyes
Reasoningyes
Prompt cachingyes
Gemini 3 Flash
google/gemini-3-flash
Full spec →

Gemini 3 Flash is Google's fast multimodal model with frontier intelligence, superior search, and grounding capabilities.

Strengths
  • Near-free per token
  • Multi-modal native
  • 1M context
Bge-M3
baai/bge-m3
Full spec →

Multi-Functionality, Multi-Linguality, and Multi-Granularity embeddings model.

Strengths
  • Multi-lingual (100+ languages)
  • Strong on retrieval
  • Open-weight
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try Gemini 3 Flash
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="google/gemini-3-flash",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Bge-M3 — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="baai/bge-m3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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