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Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks
Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash, the third Flash model in six weeks, matches Claude Opus 5 on some agentic coding benchmarks at lower cost. But its "working harder" reasoning burns about 30 percent more output tokens per task, making it pricier in practice than its predecessor despite identical token rate
Lead: Ars TechnicaBigness: 66googleflashthirdsixweeks
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Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks
RSS · Ars Technica · 10h ago
score 171
Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.
Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's third budget model in six weeks while frontier models remain MIA
RSS · The Decoder · 12h ago
score 167
Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash, the third Flash model in six weeks, matches Claude Opus 5 on some agentic coding benchmarks at lower cost. But its "working harder" reasoning burns about 30 percent more output tokens per task, making it pricier in practice than its predecessor despite identical token rate