Gemini 3.8 Flash API Pricing & Quick Start

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Intelligence	Input Price	Output Price
#64 / 696 40 Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index	#248 / 444 $0.75NT$ 24 USD / 1M tokens	#263 / 444 $3.75NT$ 122 USD / 1M tokens

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Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.

Provider	Google
Released	September 2026
Model ID	`google/gemini-3.8-flash`

Technical specifications

Context window

1M tokens

Reasoning

Yes

Input → Output

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Pricing comparison

BazaarLink retail price alongside AA's observed market standard.

BazaarLink price our site

Input$0.75NT$ 24

Output$3.75NT$ 122

Cache read$0.07NT$ 2

Cache write—

3:1 blended (est.)$1.50NT$ 49

All prices per 1M tokens. Supports TWD credit card / official invoice.

Market reference Artificial Analysis

Input$0.75

Output$3.75

Cache readAA not tracked

Cache writeAA not tracked

3:1 blended—

✓ Matches market reference — BazaarLink does not mark up.
Source: artificialanalysis.ai

Independent benchmarks

Scores below come from Artificial Analysis, an independent third party. BazaarLink does not participate in the testing.

Intelligence 40

Coding 74

Math

MMLU

GPQA

This modelCategory leader

Coding ability

#33out of 258 models

LiveCodeBench / SciCode and similar

Overall intelligence

#64out of 696 models

Aggregated across academic benchmarks

Intelligence

Top 9%

This model

Category leader

Median

Coding

Top 13%

This model

Category leader

Median

Scores by reasoning effort (this page uses the default effort)

Reasoning effort	Intelligence	Coding
high	40.9	76.3
medium · shown on this page	39.8	74.1
low	33.5	73.5

Top 5 — CodingCoding Index leaderboard

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2Claude Fable 5.1 (Xhigh, Default Fallback)?/claude-fable-5-1-xhigh81$10 / $50

3Claude Fable 5.1 (High, Default Fallback)?/claude-fable-5-1-high79$10 / $50

4GPT-5.6 Sol (Xhigh)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-xhigh78$4 / $20

5Claude Opus 5 (Max)anthropic/claude-opus-578$5 / $25

AASource: Artificial Analysis · Independent third-party evaluation; not influenced by BazaarLinkView full evaluation on AA →

Quick Start

Use Gemini 3.8 Flash via BazaarLink API — just change the base_url:

Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.bazaarlink.ai/v1",
    api_key="sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="google/gemini-3.8-flash",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

TypeScript

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.bazaarlink.ai/v1",
  apiKey: "sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "google/gemini-3.8-flash",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Why use Gemini 3.8 Flash via BazaarLink?

✓Clear usage records and itemized billing
✓OpenAI-compatible API — zero code changes required
✓When an upstream source has a problem, a request can try another available source. If none is available, the request returns an error.
✓Support resources for teams

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.

How much does the Gemini 3.8 Flash API cost?

Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $3.75 per 1M output tokens when accessed through BazaarLink.

How do I use Gemini 3.8 Flash with the OpenAI SDK?

Set base_url to "https://api.bazaarlink.ai/v1" and use model ID "google/gemini-3.8-flash". All OpenAI SDK methods (chat.completions, embeddings, streaming) work without code changes.

What is the context window for Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash supports a context window of 1,048,576 tokens.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash available for free?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is a paid model. BazaarLink offers free trial credits on registration so you can test it without a credit card.

Relay integrity checks

Tested endpoints: 120 runs
Independent hosts: 53
Model-family fingerprint match: 91%
Anomalies detected: 111 runs
Data range: past 90 days

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