Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's September 2, 2026 workhorse for software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning at Flash speed.
Provider
Model family
Google Gemini
Multimodal LLM
Cost tier
Flash
Status
Current
Release Sep 2, 2026
Why teams choose it
Google calls this its third Flash release in six weeks and says 3.8 often approaches
higher-cost frontier models on long-horizon software engineering.
3.7 Flash remains supported for efficiency-first workloads
3.8 can spend more tokens at higher effort.
Available in the Gemini API, AI Studio, Antigravity, Android Studio, Gemini Enterprise
and Google AI Pro/Ultra consumer surfaces.
Tradeoffs to know
- Introductory price expires December 31, 2026; list price becomes $1.50/$7.50 on January 1, 2027.
- Knowledge cutoff is March 2026 in some domains and January 2025 in others; confirm live retrieval if freshness matters.
When not to use this
- This is not Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber; public Flash keeps CBRN and cyber-offense safeguards.
Benchmarks
No independent or vendor benchmark scores in this catalog entry.
Technical specs
- Inputs
- text, image, audio, video
- Outputs
- text
- License
- Proprietary API
- Hle Verified
- 54.9
- Context tokens
- 1,000,000
- Max output tokens
- 64,000
- Capabilities
- software engineering
- agentic workflows
- multimodal reasoning
- long context
- adjustable effort
- computer use
Google Gemini family lineup
Current models
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Gemini 3.8 Flash FAQ
What is Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's September 2, 2026 workhorse for software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning at Flash speed. The DeepMind model card documents text, image, audio, and video input, a 1M-token context window, 64K output, and adjustable effort levels. Google keeps the same introductory price as 3.7 Flash: $0.75 input and $3.75 output per million tokens through December 31, 2026.
When does Gemini 3.8 Flash fit best?
Daily coding and agent loops in Antigravity or Gemini API
What should teams watch out for with Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Introductory price expires December 31, 2026; list price becomes $1.50/$7.50 on January 1, 2027.
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