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Gemini 2.5 Pro versus Gemini 3.6 Flash versus Gemini 3.8 Flash — official-source catalog and published editorial research
The documented detailGoogle

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Available
Google

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Available
Google

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Available
Official-source catalog
PublisherGoogleSource ↗GoogleSource ↗GoogleSource ↗
FamilyGeminiSource ↗GeminiSource ↗GeminiSource ↗
Versiongemini-2.5-proSource ↗gemini-3.6-flashSource ↗gemini-3.8-flashSource ↗
AvailabilityAvailableSource ↗AvailableSource ↗AvailableSource ↗
AccessAPISource ↗APISource ↗APISource ↗
InputsText · Image · Video · Audio · PdfSource ↗Text · Image · Video · Audio · PdfSource ↗Text · Image · Video · Audio · PdfSource ↗
OutputsTextSource ↗TextSource ↗TextSource ↗
Context windowNot documentedNot documentedNot documented
Maximum input1,048,576 tokensSource ↗1,048,576 tokensSource ↗1,048,576 tokensSource ↗
Maximum output65,536 tokensSource ↗65,536 tokensSource ↗65,536 tokensSource ↗
Knowledge cutoffJan 2025Knowledge cutoff · month precisionSource ↗Not documentedNot documented
Training-data cutoffNot documentedNot documentedNot documented
Training completedNot documentedNot documentedNot documented
Release dateNot documentedNot documentedNot documented
LicenseNot documentedNot documentedNot documented
Input price / 1M tokens$1.25Source ↗Not documentedNot documented
Output price / 1M tokens$10Source ↗Not documentedNot documented
Important qualificationsVendor publishes an input-token limit, not a combined context-window limit. Latest-update timestamps are not treated as release or training dates. Access restricted to previously active users; vendor explicitly says not deprecated. Editorial source reconciliation (2026-10-23): Google currently restricts Gemini 2.5 API access to users who actively used these models previously. The model is not deprecated and continues to be served until further notice, but available status does not imply eligibility for a new project. Google directs new projects to current alternatives. Input and output allowances are separately documented; no combined context figure is inferred.

Standard paid Gemini Developer API, USD per million tokens. At prompts up to 200,000 tokens: $1.25 input and $10 output, including thinking. Above 200,000: $2.50 input and $15 output. Caching, batch processing and tools have separate rates. Access is restricted to eligible previous users; these prices do not establish new-project access.

Vendor publishes an input-token limit, not a combined context-window limit. Latest-update timestamps are not treated as release or training dates.Vendor publishes an input-token limit, not a combined context-window limit. Latest-update timestamps are not treated as release or training dates.
Published editorial research
Published revisionNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profileRead revision 4 ↗Source-reviewed revision 3
Published 2026-10-25
Reviewed 2026-10-25
Research summaryNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profileGoogle's gemini-3.8-flash Gemini API model: multimodal input, text output, 1,048,576-token input limit, and paid Standard prices that double on January 1, 2027.
Best forEditorial assessmentNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile
  • Multimodal input with text output via the Gemini API
  • Workloads that can use Batch or Flex pricing
LimitationsEditorial assessmentNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile
  • No image or audio generation and no Live API support
  • Minimal thinking level returns an error
  • Prices listed here double starting January 1, 2027
  • No independent accuracy, speed or reliability test in this research
Input modalitiesNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profileText, image, video, audio, PDFOfficial specificationSource ↗Checked
Output modalitiesNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profileTextOfficial specificationSource ↗Checked
Input token limitNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile1048576 tokensOfficial specificationSource ↗Checked
Output token limitNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile65536 tokensOfficial specificationSource ↗Checked
Thinking levelsNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profilelow, medium, high; minimal unsupportedOfficial specificationSource ↗Checked
Release dateNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile2026-09-02Official specification

No shutdown date announced

Source ↗Checked
Standard paid input priceNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile0.75 USD per 1M tokensOfficial specification

Through Dec 31, 2026; $1.50 from Jan 1, 2027

Source ↗Checked
Standard paid output priceNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile3.75 USD per 1M tokensOfficial specification

Includes thinking tokens. Through Dec 31, 2026; $7.50 from Jan 1, 2027

Source ↗Checked
Batch and Flex paid input/outputNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile0.375 / 1.875 USD per 1M tokensOfficial specification

Through Dec 31, 2026; $0.75 / $3.75 from Jan 1, 2027

Source ↗Checked
Priority paid input/outputNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile1.35 / 6.75 USD per 1M tokensOfficial specification

Through Dec 31, 2026; $2.70 / $13.50 from Jan 1, 2027

Source ↗Checked
Image tokenizationNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile258 tokens per image up to 384px, or per 768x768 tileOfficial specificationSource ↗Checked
Research sourcesNo published editorial profileNo published editorial profile

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Independent editorial model library assembled from primary vendor documentation and official publisher model cards. This is a dated, auditable inventory of the sources reviewed, not a claim to every model worldwide. First-party language-model inventory for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini/Gemma, xAI, Meta and Reflection. Includes vendor-listed legacy/retired identities with explicit statuses; official pretrained and instruction-tuned checkpoints remain distinct. Excludes embeddings, moderation/guard models, image/audio/video-only generation, community fine-tunes, speculative draft helpers, format/runtime/quantization duplicates, and PaliGemma dataset-specific benchmark fine-tunes. Availability means documented vendor API or downloadable official weights, not guaranteed account eligibility. Unknown specifications and dates remain null. Rounded K/M limits preserve vendor granularity; exact integers are used only where documented. No OpenRouter facts are used. Primary-source inventory of language-capable models from Alibaba/Qwen, DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax, Z.ai, ByteDance Seed, Tencent, Baidu, Xiaomi, StepFun, 01.AI, Shanghai AI Laboratory, Baichuan and OpenBMB. Includes full reachable official public weight inventories plus documented hosted API models and explicit retirements. Embeddings, reward/classifier/router/tokenizer/draft-head components, standalone OCR/document converters and image/video/audio-only generators are excluded; multimodal language models retained. Official packaging variants are folded into aliases where a canonical listing was identifiable; remaining research/base/SFT variants retain exact identities. Not a guarantee every historical/private/regional model is available. Unknown specifications remain null; K/M API display quantities use decimal normalization where explicitly noted, rather than implying verified exact serving ceilings. Model-name dates and repository creation timestamps are never used as release/training dates. Open weights does not mean unrestricted or OSI-open-source licensing. Some model-card bodies were unreachable; their public inventory metadata is retained and disclosed. Official Mistral, Cohere, AI21, NVIDIA Nemotron, Microsoft Phi/MAI, Amazon Nova, IBM Granite, AllenAI OLMo/Molmo, TII Falcon, Nous Research, Arcee and Essential AI model inventory checked 2026-10-23. Includes base, instruction, reasoning, coding and text-producing multimodal models, including legacy API versions. Excludes embeddings/rerankers/reward and safety classifiers, image/audio/video-only generation, robotics-only models, duplicate quantization/runtime packages, adapters, intermediate checkpoint experiments, and third-party mirrors. Arcee coverage focuses on its named product families rather than exploratory merge repositories. Repository listing means listed, not independently verified API availability. K/M figures are nominal decimal normalizations when the source supplies shorthand; deployment-specific exact token limits may differ. Unverified values remain null. This is a source-backed inventory, not a complete claim-level independent editorial review. Supplemental official Liquid AI, Reka and Inception generative language catalog. Excludes media-only generators and decision/classification-only models. No assumed training dates.

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