Gemini 3.8 Flash reportedly matches Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 at $0.75/$3.75 per 1M tokens
haider1 · x · 2026-09-02
A viral post claims Google shipped frontier-level capability in a Flash-tier model: Gemini 3.8 Flash is priced at $0.75/$3.75 per 1M tokens — vs $4/$20 for GPT-5.6 sol and $5/$25 for Opus 5, a 5-7x gap.
Per the cited evals, Gemini 3.8 Flash beats Opus 5 on HLE, finance, legal and Terminal-bench 2.1, and outscores GPT-5.6 sol across several benchmarks. Third-party claim, pending official confirmation.
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