Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Gemini 4 Argon: API price and specs

Gemini 3.8 Flash is 67% cheaper than Gemini 4 Argon on input price.

Gemini 3.8 Flash is 67% cheaper than Gemini 4 Argon on output price.

Gemini 3.8 Flash is 67% cheaper than Gemini 4 Argon on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Field	Gemini 3.8 Flash	Gemini 4 Argon
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.33	$1.00 +202.3%
Median input, per 1M	$0.75	$2.00 +166.7%
Lowest output, per 1M	$1.65	$5.00 +202.3%
Median output, per 1M	$3.75	$10.00 +166.7%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.66	$2.00 +202.3%
Context	1M	1M
Max output	66K +93.4%	1M
Providers	28	23 +17.9%
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, US	EU, GLOBAL, US
Accepts	audio, file, image, pdf, text, video	audio, file, image, pdf, text, video
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	kenari	openrouter

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

302ai, abacus, aihubmix, aiml, cometapi, cortecs, edenai, fastrouter, github-copilot, google, google-vertex, impossibl, iteracompute, jiekou, kilo, meganova, ofox, openrouter, perplexity-agent, requesty, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is 67% cheaper than Gemini 4 Argon on input price. Gemini 3.8 Flash is 67% cheaper than Gemini 4 Argon on output price. Gemini 3.8 Flash is 67% cheaper than Gemini 4 Argon on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 1M tokens; Gemini 4 Argon: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 4 Argon?