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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Gemma 3 4B

Live dataset updated 10/18/2026, 4:49:00 AM UTC

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Factual comparison of Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemma 3 4B
Field	Gemini 3.8 Flash Google	Gemma 3 4B Google
ModelCap position	#5	#239
Index score	83.5	26.6
Evidence	Measured5 public benchmark observations across 5 boards	Measured2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Input / 1M	$0.825	$0.05
Output / 1M	$4.13	$0.10
Pricing status	fresh	fresh
Context	1M	131K
Providers	2	2
Weight access	No linked weights	Gated access

Decision facts

Gemini 3.8 Flash is #5; Gemma 3 4B is #239 on the same current language board.
Index scores are 83.5 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 26.6 for Gemma 3 4B. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.
Both positions use Measured evidence.
Listed output price per 1M tokens is $4.13 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and $0.10 for Gemma 3 4B. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $3.71 for Gemini 3.8 Flash versus $0.15 for Gemma 3 4B. Gemma 3 4B costs 96.0% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
Published context is 1,048,576 tokens for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 131,072 for Gemma 3 4B.
Weight access differs: Gemini 3.8 Flash is none; Gemma 3 4B is gated.

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