Gemini 3.8 Flash

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Description

Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model, engineered for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents, and complex enterprise workflows while retaining Flash-level speed and cost efficiency. The generally available model supports adjustable thinking levels, accepts up to 1,048,576 input tokens, and produces up to 65,536 output tokens.

Capabilities

Model	Release Date	Input	Output	Context Length	Cost (per 1 million tokens)
gemini-3.8-flash	September 9th 2026	Text, Image, Video, Audio, PDF	Text	1,048,576	$0.75/1M input / $3.75/1M output through Dec 31, 2026 $1.50/1M input / $7.50/1M output starting Jan 1, 2027

info

• 1M represents 1 Million Tokens
• All prices listed are based on 1 Million Tokens

Availability

Cloud Provider

Usage

curl

curl -X POST https://api.ai.it.ufl.edu/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
-d '{
    "model": "gemini-3.8-flash",
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "system",
            "content": "You are a helpful assistant."
        },
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Write a haiku about an Alligator."
        }
    ]
}'

python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
api_key="your_api_key",
base_url="https://api.ai.it.ufl.edu/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gemini-3.8-flash", # model to send to the proxy
messages = [
{ "role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant." },
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Write a haiku about an Alligator."
}
]
)

print(response.choices[0].message)

javascript

import OpenAI from 'openai';

const openai = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'your_api_key',
  baseURL: 'https://api.ai.it.ufl.edu/v1'
});

const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
    model: "gemini-3.8-flash",
    messages: [
        { role: "system", content: "You are a helpful assistant." },
        {
            role: "user",
            content: "Write a haiku about an Alligator.",
        },
    ],
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message)

When to Use

• Long-horizon software engineering
• Autonomous agents and multi-step workflows
• Complex enterprise knowledge work
• Advanced reasoning and data analysis
• Multimodal document understanding
• Fast conversational AI at scale

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References

1. Gemini 3.8 Flash Model Card https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-8-flash/
2. Gemini 3.8 Flash (Gemini API) https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-flash
3. Gemini API Pricing https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing