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Gemini 3.8 Flash · Google DeepMind — forck

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Gemini 3.8 Flash

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Google DeepMind modelsNano Banana 2.1 Gemini 4 Argon WeatherNext 3 Gemini 3.8 Flash Gemini 3.7 Flash Gemini Robotics ER 2 Gemini 3.6 Flash Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

So far

2 Sep
announced2026
3
posts about itFirst-party
4
outlets reportedOn its posts
3
platforms carry itPerplexity, GitHub +1

So far

2 Sep
announced2026
3
posts about itFirst-party
4
outlets reportedOn its posts
3
platforms carry itPerplexity, GitHub +1

Google DeepMind·All models

Google DeepMind models

Nano Banana 2.16 Oct

Gemini 4 Argon30 Sep

WeatherNext 33 Sep

Gemini 3.7 Flash13 Aug

Launch

Google DeepMind· 2 Sep

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash with improved reasoning and coding at same price as 3.7.

New model

Image published with the post by Google DeepMind

Where to run it

GitHubAvailability change

Gemini 3.8 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot

Gemini 3.8 Flash now available in GitHub Copilot with introductory pricing through December 2026.

3 Sep

Gemini 3.8 Flash in Google Antigravity

Gemini 3.8 Flash now available in Google Antigravity at $0.75/1M input tokens.

Google Antigravity1 Sep

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash now available on Agent API with promotional pricing through end of 2026

Perplexity9 Sep

How it measures

Artificial Analysis · Intelligence Index · High

40.960thof 697 models

Coding index76.3 · 18th

Median 12.5Top 57.6

Benchmarks, as Artificial Analysis ran them

95%GPQA Diamond
48%Humanity's Last Exam
20%Terminal-Bench 4.0
88%Terminal-Bench 2.1
57%SciCode
45%τ²-Bench Banking
81%Long context reasoning

Speed: 148 tokens/s
First answer: 15.5 s; thinking included
Per 1M tokens: $0.75 in · $3.75 out
Context: 1M tokens

LMArena · Text9thof 417

1Gemini 4 Argon (High)
2Muse Wonder (Max)
3Claude Opus 5.5 (High)
4Claude Fable 5 (High)

Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) · 1,496 (1,492–1,501) · 41,423 votes

Rated by versionGemini FlashLevel with Gemini 3.7 Flash.

Gemini 3.8 Flash · 1,496 (1,492–1,501) · 9th

Against list priceRating for the price

Gemini 3.8 Flash · 1,496 · $1.65 per 1M tokens ($0.83 in, $4.13 out) · 1M context

Gemini 3.8 Flash · 1,496 · $1.65 per 1M tokens ($0.83 in, $4.13 out) · 1M context

LMArena, CC BY 4.0, 20 October 2026 · prices OpenRouter, list price blended 3:1, read 22 October 2026 · Artificial Analysis, read 22 October 2026

Everything else, by date

Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS generally available (GA)Availability change22 Sep
Gemini 3.8 Flash generally available (GA)Availability change2 Sep

About the model

Lab: Google DeepMind
Price: $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens
Released: 2 September 2026, per models.dev
OpenRouter: Listed 2 September 2026google/gemini-3.8-flash

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About the model

Lab: Google DeepMind
Price: $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens
Released: 2 September 2026, per models.dev
OpenRouter: Listed 2 September 2026google/gemini-3.8-flash

Ask your AI

Your brief, straight from the record

Connect once, then ask Claude or ChatGPT what changed for the tools you use. Every item links to its page on forck.live.

+ any MCP app

Connect your AI →