Command R7B (12-2024) vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs 65× as much as Command R7B (12-2024): $8.80 against $0.135 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.
| Command R7B (12-2024) | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.0375 | $2.00 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.15 | $12.00 |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000 | $0.024 | $1.32 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000 | $0.135 | $8.80 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000 | $0.375 | $22.00 |
| Confidence signal | no | no |
| Tool calling | no | yes |
Which one should carry your traffic?
If Command R7B (12-2024) answers your requests as well as Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, moving that traffic saves 98% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Command R7B (12-2024) does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.
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