workhorseGoogleยทReleased 2026

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Google's current Flash model, pointed to by Google as the replacement for Gemini 2.5 Flash in new projects.

Pricing verified October 20, 2026 ยท source

Key specifications

VendorGoogle
Tierworkhorse
Context window1M tokens
Pricing$0.75 / $3.75 per 1M tokens (input/output) through Dec 31, 2026; $1.50 / $7.50 from Jan 1, 2027
Released2026
Categories
Text GenerationMultimodalAdvanced ReasoningCode Generation

Note: Verified 2026-10-20: ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing lists standard-tier $0.75 input / $3.75 output per 1M tokens through Dec 31, 2026, rising to $1.50 / $7.50 from Jan 1, 2027. ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-flash lists input limit 1,048,576, output limit 65,536, status Stable, last updated September 2026. Exact release date is not shown, so only the year is recorded. The price fields hold the current rate.

Key features

  • โ€ขStable Gemini 3.8 model
  • โ€ข1M-token context window with 65K max output
  • โ€ขText, image, video, audio and PDF input
  • โ€ขThinking levels, function calling and structured outputs
  • โ€ขBatch, Flex and Priority inference

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