Cost per task
#31 cheapest of 50$0.31at high
Google · released 2026-09-02
Measured on 238 benchmarks across 3 reasoning efforts.
30.9
#25 of 67 models · best at high
Bars show where Gemini 3.8 Flash sits among the 67 ranked models on each benchmark (right is best); the tick is the field median.
$0.31at high
14 minat high
115 tok/sat high
22sat high
99kat high
Time per task: Artificial Analysis · computed, not timed: output tokens per Intelligence Index task divided by output speed, without tool time. Method changed Nov 4, 2026.
$0.429 per 1M tokens at API prices$0.017 on Google AI Pro
48.7% cache read · 51.1% fresh input · 0.00% cache write · 0.25% output
Measured from T3 Code usage in antigravity, Oct 30 to Nov 5, medium confidence. One app’s users, not everyone’s. $0.110 at the standard 97 / 2.5 / 0.5 mix.
agentic
Leader: Gemini 4 Carbon · 77.8%
agentic
Leader: Sonnet 5.5 · 1813
reasoning
Leader: GPT-6 Astra · 72.0%
coding
Leader: Opus 5.5 · 46.4%
economics
Leader: Muse Wonder Full · 32.6%
reasoning
Leader: Gemini 4 Carbon · 69.1%
knowledge
Leader: Fable 5.1 · 68.4%
knowledge
Leader: Gemini 4 Carbon · 95.8%
reasoning
Leader: Gemini 4 Carbon · 64.8%
coding
Leader: Kimi K3.1 · 67.2%