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Gemini 3.8 FlashvsGPT-5.2
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 4 of 5 shared benchmarks. Gemini 3.8 Flash is 3.5x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.8 Flash has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
4 – 1
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 3.8 Flash
3.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.8 Flash
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 94.822%
Google · OpenAI
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google · released 2026-09-02
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 10 only Gemini 3.8 Flash · 9 only GPT-5.2| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 95.3% ↗ | 92.4% ↗ | +2.9 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 22% ↗epoch | 31.7% ↗epoch | -9.7 pt | GPT-5.2 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 68.4% ↗epoch | 67.4% ↗epoch | +1 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 98.9% ↗epoch | 96.1% ↗epoch | +2.8 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.7% ↗epoch | 37.1% ↗epoch | +32.6 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Only Gemini 3.8 Flash reports · 10 | ||||
| CharXiv Reasoning (no tools) | 86.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 73.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | 1545 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark | 10% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| HLE-Verified | 54.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LABBench2 | 86.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OSWorld-2.0 | 59% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 2.1 | 89.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 4.0 | 19.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Vals Finance Agent v2 | 61.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-5.2 reports · 9 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 80% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | not reported | 100% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 98.3% ↗matharena | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1412.4 ↗ | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 (Verified) | not reported | 86.2% ↗ | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-2 (Verified) | not reported | 52.9% ↗ | — | — |
| GDPval (wins or ties) | not reported | 70.9% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | not reported | 55.6% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 73.8% ↗epoch | — | — |
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 3.8 Flash minus GPT-5.2 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 3.8 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 400K tokens | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 128K tokens | GPT-5.2 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.75 ↗ | $1.75 ↗ | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $3.75 ↗ | $14 ↗ | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.075 ↗ | $0.175 ↗ | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $4.5 | $15.75 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Released | 2026-09-02 | 2025-12-11 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 16 | 16 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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