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◈ Gemini API/2026-06-26Advanced

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Actually Cheaper? Measuring Retry Amplification to Find the Flash vs Pro Break-Even

Now that 3.5 Flash is generally available, it is tempting to route everything to it. But once you measure effective cost per success instead of per-call price, the decision changes. Here is a small harness to measure retry amplification and find the break-even.

⟐ Gemini Dev/2026-06-20Intermediate

Routing Gemini by Pipeline Stage: Draft on Flash, Finish on the Top Tier

A record of reworking which Gemini model handles which stage of an automation pipeline, prompted by the general availability of Gemini 3.5 Flash and the rollout of 3.1 Flash-Lite. Includes a small router that splits work into draft, classify, and finalize stages, how the cost picture changes, and the guardrails I settled on.