Author's Description
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools is a variant of Gemini 3.1 Pro that improves tool selection behavior by preventing overuse of a general bash tool when more efficient third-party or user-defined functions are available. This specialized preview endpoint significantly increases function calling reliability and ensures the model selects the most appropriate tool in coding agents and complex, multi-tool workflows. It retains the core strengths of Gemini 3.1 Pro, including multimodal reasoning across text, image, video, audio, and code, a 1M-token context window, and strong software engineering performance.
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools demonstrates exceptional reliability, achieving a 100% success rate across all benchmarks, indicating consistent and stable operation. While its speed performance is moderate, ranking in the 22nd percentile, its pricing tends to be at premium levels, positioned in the 5th percentile. This specialized variant excels in improving tool selection behavior, particularly in complex multi-tool workflows and coding agents, by prioritizing efficient third-party or user-defined functions over general bash tools. The model exhibits outstanding accuracy in critical areas such as Hallucinations (100%), Reasoning (100%), and Ethics (100%), often achieving perfect scores and being the most accurate at its price point and speed. It also shows strong performance in Instruction Following (94.9%), Coding (96.9%), and Mathematics (95.9%), placing it in the top percentiles for these categories. Its General Knowledge (99.5%) is robust, though its Email Classification (97.0%) is more moderate. The core strengths lie in its multimodal reasoning, 1M-token context window, and enhanced function calling reliability, making it highly suitable for sophisticated software engineering tasks.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
| Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|
| Prompt | $2 |
| Completion | $12 |
| Input Cache Read | $0.2 |
| Input Cache Write | $0.375 |
| Internal Reasoning | $12 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
| Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Google AI Studio
|
Google AI Studio | google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools-20260219 | 1M | $2 / 1M tokens | $12 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
| Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Strategy | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
|---|
Other Models by google
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Released | Params | Context |
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Speed | Ability | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Feb 19, 2026 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Dec 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | Nov 20, 2025 | — | 65K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
— | ★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview | Nov 18, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) | Oct 07, 2025 | — | 32K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
— | — | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09-2025 Unavailable | Sep 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview (Nano Banana) Unavailable | Aug 26, 2025 | — | 32K |
Image input
Text input
Image output
Text output
|
— | — | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Jul 22, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06-17 Unavailable | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Jun 05, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemma 1 2B Unavailable | May 28, 2025 | 2B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
— | — | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 3n 4B | May 20, 2025 | 4B | 32K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★★ | $ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Unavailable | May 20, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 | May 06, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 04-17 Unavailable | Apr 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental Unavailable | Mar 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
— | — | $ |
| Google: Gemma 3 4B | Mar 13, 2025 | 4B | 131K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 3 12B | Mar 13, 2025 | 12B | 131K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemma 3 27B | Mar 11, 2025 | 27B | 131K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite | Feb 25, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash | Feb 05, 2025 | — | 1M |
File input
Image input
Audio input
Text input
Video input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Unavailable | Oct 02, 2024 | ~500B | 1M |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $ |
| Google: Gemma 2 27B | Jul 12, 2024 | 27B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |
| Google: Gemma 2 9B | Jun 27, 2024 | 9B | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 1.5 Flash Unavailable | May 13, 2024 | ~500B | 1M |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
| Google: Gemini 1.5 Pro Unavailable | Apr 08, 2024 | ~1T | 2M |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |