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Gemini 3.8 Flash

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Live — GA Sep 2; $0.75/$3.75 per 1M introductory through Dec 31, identical to 3.7; 1M in / 64K out; 'our most intelligent Flash model'; 20 days after 3.7. On the board as live since 2026-09-02 — the watchers keep tracking it: lineup changes, pricing moves and deprecations all alert.

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Timeline

2026-09-03

New on the radar: Gemini 3.8 Flash appeared in models.dev (edenai)confirmed

2026-09-02

Gemini 3.8 Flash verified live — from the vendor's own announcement and catalog listingverified

2026-09-02

Gemini 3.8 Flash is GA — same price as 3.7, twenty days laterpost

Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash today. The Gemini API changelog for September 2 reads: "Gemini 3.8 Flash generally available (GA): Released gemini-3.8-flash, our most intelligent Flash model, engineered for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents, and complex enterprise workflows."

2026-09-02

New on the radar: Gemini 3.8 Flash appeared in models.dev (requesty)confirmed

On the bench index

LMArena: 1,583.5LiveBench: 75.8SimpleBench: 82.4Vals AI: 54.9Artificial Analysis: 40.9AW Index: 46.4

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Coding leaderboard

#19 of 36 on the coding index, at 45.9 · combines LMArena · Coding, LiveBench · Coding, Vals Vibe Code Bench

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The official word

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Where to use Gemini 3.8 Flash

29 providers list Gemini 3.8 Flash in the models.dev catalog (as of 2026-10-17), under the model ids shown below.

Googlegemini-3.8-flash

Vertexgemini-3.8-flash

OpenRoutergoogle/gemini-3.8-flash

Vercel AI Gatewaygoogle/gemini-3.8-flash · google/gemini-3.8-flash-tts · google/gemini-3.8-live

302.AIgemini-3.8-flash

AI/ML APIgoogle/gemini-3-8-flash · google/gemini-3.8-flash

AIHubMixgemini-3.8-flash

CommandCodegoogle/gemini-3.8-flash

Cortecsgemini-3.8-flash

CrossModelgemini/gemini-3.8-flash

DevPass (LLM Gateway)gemini-3.8-flash

Eden AIgoogle/gemini-3.8-flash · vertex/gemini-3.8-flash · vertex/gemini-3.8-flash@eu

Also listed by GitHub Copilot, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway, Merge Gateway, NanoGPT, NEAR AI Cloud, Neon, Ofox, OpenCode, Opper, Poe, Prime Inference, Requesty, SAP AI Core, Tempr Gateway, Venice AI, Vivgrid.

Listings cover the model family, so a provider may list a sibling tier under the same name. Check the id before you build on it.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: quick answers

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash out?

Yes. Gemini 3.8 Flash is live and has been since September 2, 2026.

When was Gemini 3.8 Flash released?

September 2, 2026.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash good for coding?

On the ArtificialWatch coding index it scores 45.9, #19 of 36 ranked models. The index combines LMArena · Coding, LiveBench · Coding and Vals Vibe Code Bench, taking the median of each model's percentile across them.

Who makes Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Google. ArtificialWatch also tracks Gemini 4, Nano Banana 2.1, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini Omni Flash and DiffusionGemma from Google.

Where can I use Gemini 3.8 Flash?

29 providers list it in the models.dev catalog, including Google, Vertex, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway and 302.AI. The exact model ids each one lists are on this page.

How much does Gemini 3.8 Flash cost?

Google's own API lists Gemini 3.8 Flash (gemini-3.8-flash) at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, and $0.075 per million cached input tokens. Prices as published in the models.dev catalog, as of 2026-10-17.