Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash

google/gemini-3.8-flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.

Model specifications

Input
text, image, video, file, audio
Output
text
Context
1,000,000 tokens
Max output
64,000 tokens
Input price
$0.5625 / 1M tokens
Output price
$2.8125 / 1M tokens
Released
2026-09-03

Capabilities

  • Streaming
  • Function calling
  • Vision
  • JSON mode

Provider pricing, discounts and data privacy

Compare effective provider prices, published discounts, regions, retention policies, training use, compliance, and privacy links by service tier.

Flex service tier

1 available provider · discounts up to 25% · tier input average $0.28125 / 1M tokens · tier output average $1.40625 / 1M tokens

Google Vertex

Tier: Flex · Region: US

Pricing
Input
$0.28125 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.40625 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.02813 / 1M tokens
Cache write
$0.01563 / 1M tokens
Discounts
  • Input: 25% off — list $0.375 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.28125 / 1M tokens, effective $0.28125 / 1M tokens
  • Cache read: 25% off — list $0.0375 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.02813 / 1M tokens, effective $0.02813 / 1M tokens
  • Output: 25% off — list $1.875 / 1M tokens, discounted $1.40625 / 1M tokens, effective $1.40625 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write: 25% off — list $0.02084 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.01563 / 1M tokens, effective $0.01563 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
Region
US
Zero data retention
Yes
Data retention
Zero retention
Used for training
No
Data collection
Moderated
No
GDPR compliant
Yes
HIPAA compliant
Yes
SOC 2 certified
Yes
BYOK supported
Yes

Standard service tier

1 available provider · discounts up to 25% · tier input average $0.5625 / 1M tokens · tier output average $2.8125 / 1M tokens

Google Vertex

Tier: Standard · Region: US

Pricing
Input
$0.5625 / 1M tokens
Output
$2.8125 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.05625 / 1M tokens
Cache write
$0.03126 / 1M tokens
Discounts
  • Input: 25% off — list $0.75 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.5625 / 1M tokens, effective $0.5625 / 1M tokens
  • Cache read: 25% off — list $0.075 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.05625 / 1M tokens, effective $0.05625 / 1M tokens
  • Output: 25% off — list $3.75 / 1M tokens, discounted $2.8125 / 1M tokens, effective $2.8125 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write: 25% off — list $0.04167 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.03126 / 1M tokens, effective $0.03126 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
Region
US
Zero data retention
Yes
Data retention
Zero retention
Used for training
No
Data collection
Moderated
No
GDPR compliant
Yes
HIPAA compliant
Yes
SOC 2 certified
Yes
BYOK supported
Yes

Priority service tier

1 available provider · discounts up to 25.000000000000007% · tier input average $1.0125 / 1M tokens · tier output average $5.0625 / 1M tokens

Google Vertex

Tier: Priority · Region: US

Pricing
Input
$1.0125 / 1M tokens
Output
$5.0625 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.10125 / 1M tokens
Cache write
$0.05626 / 1M tokens
Discounts
  • Input: 25% off — list $1.35 / 1M tokens, discounted $1.0125 / 1M tokens, effective $1.0125 / 1M tokens
  • Cache read: 25% off — list $0.135 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.10125 / 1M tokens, effective $0.10125 / 1M tokens
  • Output: 25% off — list $6.75 / 1M tokens, discounted $5.0625 / 1M tokens, effective $5.0625 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write: 25% off — list $0.07501 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.05626 / 1M tokens, effective $0.05626 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
Region
US
Zero data retention
Yes
Data retention
Zero retention
Used for training
No
Data collection
Moderated
No
GDPR compliant
Yes
HIPAA compliant
Yes
SOC 2 certified
Yes
BYOK supported
Yes

Frequently asked questions

What is Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.
How much does Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash cost?
Input costs start at $0.5625 / 1M tokens and output costs start at $2.8125 / 1M tokens. Provider-level prices vary by service tier.
Are provider discounts available for Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Yes. Current provider offers include discounts of up to 25% from list price. The provider table shows list, discounted, and effective prices.
What is the context length of Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash supports a 1,000,000 token context window and up to 64,000 output tokens.
What capabilities does Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash support?
Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash supports Streaming, Function calling, Vision, JSON mode.
Which providers offer Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash is available from Google Vertex.
How do providers handle data privacy for Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash?
1 of 1 providers report that customer data is not used for training, and 1 offer zero-data-retention routing. Retention, compliance, and privacy-policy links are listed per provider.

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