Updated 9 Nov · updated in the last 30 hours

Google Gemma 3 4B: price cut input $0.050 → $0.040 per 1M tokens (-20 %), output $0.100 → $0.050 per 1M tokens (-50 %)

On the listed price of Google Gemma 3 4B changed: input $0.050 → $0.040 per 1M tokens (-20 %); output $0.100 → $0.050 per 1M tokens (-50 %). A later check on confirmed it. Prices as listed in the United States.

What changed

Google Gemma 3 4B is cheaper on OpenRouter. Source: price page as read.

What it does to a task

Standard tasks, visible output only, no cache discount; month = 20 tasks an hour around the clock.

Price change: Published input and output rates before and now; both money axes start at zero. Published rates · Gemma 3 4B The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.
Price change.Published rates · Gemma 3 4B The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now. Open image · Explore the chart · Measured Lab · CC BY 4.0
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TaskPer task, beforePer task, nowPer month, beforePer month, now
L1 · Micro-task (classification or strict JSON extraction)$0.0001$0.0001$1.39$1.02
L2 · Deep analysis over a 50,000-token document$0.0083$0.0065$120.45$95.05
L3 · Agentic coding loop, 15 steps$0.067$0.053$973.45$774.82

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Published rates · Gemma 3 4B

What the price change does to your bill

The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change.

Input / 1M tokens$0.05 → $0.04$0.00$0.05$0.10Output / 1M tokens$0.10 → $0.05$0.00$0.05$0.10Input / 1M tokens$0.05 → $0.04$0.00$0.05$0.10Output / 1M tokens$0.10 → $0.05$0.00$0.05$0.10

Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.

Before$120.45Now$95.05$0$50$100$150Before$120.45Now$95.05$0$50$100$150
Fresh inputVisible output

159,000 input + 3,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$25.40 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$1.39Now$1.02$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50Before$1.39Now$1.02$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50
Fresh inputVisible output

1,500 input + 200 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$0.365 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$973.45Now$774.82$0$500$1,000Before$973.45Now$774.82$0$500$1,000
Fresh inputVisible output

1,315,500 input + 9,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$198.63 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Assumption: 20 tasks/hour × 730 hours. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

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Confirmed price change

First seen and confirmed are different dates.

  1. Before
  2. First seen
  3. Confirmed
Published rate / 1MBeforeNow
Input$0.05$0.04
Output$0.10$0.05

A second measurement on a later date confirmed each new rate. The dates describe our readings, not a provider announcement date.

Sources: this page; published model prices (data (JSON)); task assumptions (data (JSON)). Published prices · Observed responses · Calculated scenarios · Assumptions stated with each chart.