Google · Gemini Flash line · lightweight
Google's lightweight Flash model: it edges out the bigger Gemini 3.1 Pro on a coding test, while running far more token-efficient than the Flash it replaces — at the same price.
Compared with Gemini 3 Flash · the model it replaces
Scores higher on a coding test than the bigger Gemini 3.1 Pro
Terminal-Bench 2.1 — solving coding tasks from the command line
76.2%
▲ vs 70.3 for 3.1 Pro · +6 points
Uses far fewer tokens to do the same work
Token use — how much text the model burns per task
72% fewer
▲ vs Gemini 3 Flash · same task
Costs $1.50 per million input tokens
Price per 1M tokens — what developers pay, input / output
$1.50 / $9.00
same price as Gemini 3 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.
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