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With Gemini 3.8 Flash, Google reminds everyone it's still in the race
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AI model scores well, runs fast, and doesn't cost too much (yet).
Key facts
- From there, current intelligence rankings, based on nine benchmarks, are: GLM-5.3 (max, 60), Kimi K3 (max, 60), Grok 4.6 (high, 61), GPT-5.6 Sol (max, 61), Claude Opus 5 (max, 63), and Claude Fable
- As a point of comparison, Anthropic's latest general usage flagship model, Fable 5.1, costs about 6x more, $3.76 per Intelligence Index task
- At $0.58 per Intelligence Index task, Gemini 3.8 Flash is "the cheapest model at its level of intelligence," according to Artificial Analysis
- That puts it level with GPT-5.6 Sol (extra high, 59) and Grok 4.6 (medium, 59)
Summary
AI model scores well, runs fast, and doesn't cost too much (yet) Google on Wednesday announced the release of Gemini 3.8 Flash in an attempt to reclaim its reputation as a top-tier model maker in the process. The company's commitment to the frontier model race has been in doubt since at least early August when Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis stepped down to become chairman of the AI research biz and Koray Kavukcuoglu took over leadership under a less exalted title, SVP. Google CEO Sundar Pichai's reassurances weren't particularly convincing in light of the company's failure to release Gemini 3.5 Pro in June as promised . But Google has been iterating rapidly.