“Flash took about 10 times as long and cost $14, while Pro solved it in 85 steps for $1”
WSJ What’s News · Why Businesses Can’t Budget for AI
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What was described
compared token usage and cost of Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Gemini 3 Flash on a complex prompt
$14 for Flash, $1 for Pro; Flash used ~10× tokens, 952 steps vs 85 steps for Pro
Said nearby on the same subject
“I love Gemini for Gemini gives you the most tokens, but I love it for multimodal. So we do a lot with video, obviously. And so Gemini is great for video, but also when we're analyzing our YouTube stats”
“In your analytics, separate traffic coming from platforms such as ChatGPT, Public City, AI Overview, Cloud, Gemini, Copilot. Then compare that traffic with Google Organic.”