Reka: Flash 3
Analysis Summary
Reka Flash 3 is an older, low-cost text model with a 65K context window and function calling. Its benchmark profile shows limited general reasoning, coding, instruction following, and long-context performance, despite useful mathematical and code-related signals in narrower areas. Pricing at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens supports inexpensive experimentation.
The model is most appropriate for simple classification, templated transformations, short extraction jobs, and internal utilities where errors are easy to detect. It lacks the broader multimodal feature set and quality needed for demanding content, autonomous agents, or complex engineering workflows. Keep it out of primary client pipelines unless a narrowly defined task passes a dedicated quality test.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Reka Flash 3 is an inexpensive text model with function calling and a 65K context. Its measured reasoning, coding, and instruction-following performance is limited, making it suitable only for simple supervised tasks.
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DFO Verdict
Reka Flash 3 is an inexpensive text model with function calling and a 65K context. Its measured reasoning, coding, and instruction-following performance is limited, making it suitable only for simple supervised tasks.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
3.7 Intelligence Index·33.7 Math Index
How Reka: Flash 3 compares
Reka: Flash 3 ranks #376 of 429 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 66K-token context window is larger than 30% of the models we list. At $0.10 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 69% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.10 | $0.000100 |
| Output | $0.20 | $0.000200 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Reka: Flash 3
Reka Flash 3 is a general-purpose, instruction-tuned large language model with 21 billion parameters, developed by Reka. It excels at general chat, coding tasks, instruction-following, and function calling. Featuring a..
Frequently asked questions about Reka: Flash 3
How much does Reka: Flash 3 cost?
Reka: Flash 3 costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Reka: Flash 3?
Reka: Flash 3 has a context window of 65,536 tokens (66K).
What can Reka: Flash 3 do?
Reka: Flash 3 supports function calling.
Who created Reka: Flash 3?
Reka: Flash 3 is developed by Reka and was released on March 12, 2025.