API Cost Check
GPT-6 Astra vs Gemini 3.5 Flash: cost
For a typical support chatbot, Gemini 3.5 Flash is about 4.8× cheaper than GPT-6 Astra ($810 vs $3,850 per month). Price is only one factor: test both on your own prompts before switching.
| GPT-6 Astra | Gemini 3.5 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $10.00 | $1.50 |
| Output /1M | $50.00 | $9.00 |
| Cached input /1M | $1.00 | $0.15 |
| Batch input /1M | $5.00 | $0.75 |
| Batch output /1M | $25.00 | $4.50 |
| Context window | 1,050,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max input | 922,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output | 128,000 | 65,536 |
Monthly cost by workload
| Scenario (per month) | GPT-6 Astra | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot 5,000 req/day · 1,200 in · 400 out · cache 60% | $3,850 | $810 |
| RAG over documents 2,000 req/day · 8,000 in · 600 out · cache 30% | $5,364 | $850 |
| Coding agent 1,500 req/day · 25,000 in · 2,000 out · cache 80% | $7,931 | $1,282 |
| Deep reasoning 800 req/day · 3,000 in · 6,000 out · cache 20% | $7,790 | $1,404 |
| Batch processing 50,000 req/day · 1,500 in · 150 out · batch | $16,875 | $2,700 |