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Google · Gemini 3

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Closed weightsGenerally availableNewproprietary

Google's newest and most capable Flash model (Sep 2026), aimed at low-cost agentic coding and knowledge work with 1M-token multimodal input.

AA Intelligence
40.9#19 of 142
Input / output per 1M
$0.75/ $3.75
Output speed
330tok/s
Context window
1M tokens

Composite indexes

  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index#19 of 142
    41independentv4.3.2, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗
    40independentv4.3.2, medium thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium) ↗
    34independentv4.3.2, low thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash (low) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 58

Coding

  • SciCode#17 of 94
    56.6%independentAA run, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 66.9%

  • Terminal-Bench 4.0#22 of 88
    19.7%independentAA run (Terminal-Bench 4.0), high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗
    19.1%independenthigh thinking, mini-SWE-agent harness, ±3.4Terminal-Bench 4.0 official leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Claude Mythos 5.1 at 60.9%

  • Terminal-Bench 2.x#10 of 103
    89.4%vendorTerminal-Bench 2.1, Terminus 2 harness, self-computedGemini 3.8 Flash model card (DeepMind) ↗
    87.6%independentAA run (Terminal-Bench 2.1), high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Fable 5.1 at 91.4%

Agents and tool use

  • GDPval-AA#28 of 103
    1545vendorGDPval-AA v2 (sourced from AA leaderboard)Gemini 3.8 Flash model card (DeepMind) ↗
    1412independentGDPval-AA v2.1, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 1846

  • OSWorld-Verified#15 of 16
    59%vendorOSWorld 2.0 partial score, batch tool enabledGemini 3.8 Flash model card (DeepMind) ↗

    Leader: Kimi K3 at 84.8%

Reasoning and knowledge

  • GPQA Diamond#5 of 142
    95.3%independentAA run, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗

    Leader: GPT-6 Astra at 96.1%

  • Humanity’s Last Exam#13 of 147
    47.8%independentAA run, no tools, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 61.4%

  • CritPt#19 of 139
    18.3%independentAA run, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗

    Leader: GPT-5.6 Sol at 32.3%

  • ARC-AGI-2#7 of 25
    89.2%independenthigh thinking; ARC Prize verified, cost $0.40/taskARC Prize leaderboard data (semi-private) ↗

    Leader: GPT-6 Astra at 95%

  • ARC-AGI-3#3 of 9
    10.4%independenthigh thinking; ARC Prize semi-private (35.0% with provider adapter)ARC Prize leaderboard data (semi-private) ↗

    Leader: GPT-6 Astra at 62.7%

Vision and long context

  • AA Long Context Reasoning#22 of 139
    81.3%independentAA-LCR v1.1, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗

    Leader: Kimi K3 at 88.7%

  • MMMU-Pro#3 of 72
    85.6%independentAA run, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 87.7%

Human preference

  • LMArena Text#6 of 54
    1493independentgemini-3.8-flash-high; 5,076 votesLMArena text leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Claude Fable 5 at 1506

  • LMArena WebDev#23 of 54
    1584independentgemini-3.8-flash-high; 6,645 votesLMArena Code Arena | WebDev leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 1818

Other published results

ResultScoreReported bySource
DeepSWE v1.1 · mini-swe-agent harness, high thinking73.7%vendorGemini 3.8 Flash model card (DeepMind) ↗
HLE-Verified · 1,811-item verified set54.9%vendorGemini 3.8 Flash model card (DeepMind) ↗
CharXiv Reasoning · no tools86.2%vendorGemini 3.8 Flash model card (DeepMind) ↗
LVBench · agentic (87.1% static)87.8%vendorGemini 3.8 Flash model card (DeepMind) ↗
Vals Finance Agent v261.4%vendorGemini 3.8 Flash model card (DeepMind) ↗
AA Coding Agent Index v1.5 · Antigravity SDK harness, high (DeepSWE 65.8 / Terminal-Bench 4.0 14.6 / SWE-Atlas-QnA 45.2)41.9%independentArtificial Analysis Coding Agent Index ↗

Specs

Released
September 2, 2026
Parameters
Undisclosed
Size class
Undisclosed
Input
text, image, audio, video
Output
text
Context
1M tokens
Max output
64K tokens
Cached input
$0.075 / 1M
Blended 70/30
$1.65 / 1M
First token
22.57s
  • Price: Gemini Developer API pricing ↗ Introductory paid-tier price through Dec 31, 2026; rises to $1.50 input / $7.50 output / $0.15 cached from Jan 1, 2027. Output includes thinking tokens. Batch 50% off.
  • Speed: Artificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Flash (high thinking) ↗

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