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Gemini 3.5 Flash-LitevsGemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is 1.6x cheaper per token. Both offer a 1.0M-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 4
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
1.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100%
Google
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2026-07-21
textvisionaudio
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google · released 2026-09-02
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 1 only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · 11 only Gemini 3.8 Flash| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% ↗epoch | 95.3% ↗ | -12 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 0% ↗epoch | 22% ↗epoch | -22 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 26% ↗epoch | 68.4% ↗epoch | -42.4 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 71.1% ↗epoch | 98.9% ↗epoch | -27.8 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite reports · 1 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | 1435.5 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Gemini 3.8 Flash reports · 11 | ||||
| CharXiv Reasoning (no tools) | not reported | 86.2% ↗ | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | not reported | 73.7% ↗ | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | not reported | 1545 ↗ | — | — |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark | not reported | 10% ↗ | — | — |
| HLE-Verified | not reported | 54.9% ↗ | — | — |
| LABBench2 | not reported | 86.2% ↗ | — | — |
| OSWorld-2.0 | not reported | 59% ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 69.7% ↗epoch | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 2.1 | not reported | 89.4% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 4.0 | not reported | 19.1% ↗ | — | — |
| Vals Finance Agent v2 | not reported | 61.4% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite minus Gemini 3.8 Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1.0M tokens | Tie |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 66K tokens | Tie |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $0.75 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 ↗ | $3.75 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | $0.075 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2.8 | $4.5 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision · audio | Tie |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2026-09-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 5 | 16 | — |
Reliability
Google status
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