Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview

google · Released Mar 30, 2026
DFO score #386 / 697
12.3 leaderboard score
Speed
12 tok/s · best OpenRouter provider
Input Price
– Not priced
Output Price
– Not priced
Context #35 / 697
1M tokens

Analysis Summary

Google's Lyria 3 Pro Preview is listed as accepting text and image input and producing text and audio output, with a one-million-token context window. No benchmark results, pricing, or tool-use information are included. As a result, the supplied data does not establish its reasoning performance, audio quality, or readiness for reliable production use.

Its audio-output modality makes it a possible candidate for creative workflows that combine prompts or images with audio generation. But the data does not specify controllability, latency, or whether outputs meet client delivery standards. The preview designation and lack of measured results make this an exploration option rather than a dependable general-purpose model. The context window is a technical feature, not evidence of quality.

Evaluate it only for audio-centric experiments, and compare actual outputs against creative briefs before adopting it. Production use should wait on demonstrated quality and clear cost information.

Assessed September 23, 2026

Editorial notes

Lyria 3 Pro Preview offers text and image input, audio output, and a one-million-token context, but no benchmark or pricing data is provided.

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DFO Verdict

Lyria 3 Pro Preview offers text and image input, audio output, and a one-million-token context, but no benchmark or pricing data is provided.

#386 of 697 overall Down 2 this week

How Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview compares

Its 1M-token context window is larger than 95% of the models we list. Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview is currently free to use via OpenRouter.

Position in the field
DFO score: ahead of 45% of models #385
Context: larger than 95% of models #35
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview $0.00 in $0.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $4.00 in $20.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 $2.00 in $10.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

About Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview

Full-length songs are priced at $0.08 per song. Lyria 3 is Google's family of music generation models, available through the Gemini API. With Lyria 3, you can generate high-quality, 48kHz..

Frequently asked questions about Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview

How much does Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview cost?

Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview is currently available for free via OpenRouter.

What is the context window of Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview?

Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview has a context window of 1,048,576 tokens (1M).

What can Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview do?

Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview supports image/vision input.

Who created Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview?

Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview is developed by Google and was released on March 30, 2026.

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