--- title: Google ships its third Gemini Flash model in six weeks description: Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash and a gated Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber model just three weeks after Gemini 3.7 Flash, marking its third Flash release in six... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-ships-its-third-gemini-flash-model-in-six-weeks-t05s26kn5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google ships its third Gemini Flash model in six weeks | daily.dev og:description: Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash and a gated Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber model just three weeks after Gemini 3.7 Flash, marking its third Flash release in six... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-ships-its-third-gemini-flash-model-in-six-weeks-t05s26kn5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/T05s26Kn5.png og:image:alt: Google ships its third Gemini Flash model in six weeks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google ships its third Gemini Flash model in six weeks **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash and a gated Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber model just three weeks after Gemini 3.7 Flash, marking its third Flash release in six weeks. The new model shows strong gains on agentic coding benchmarks like DeepSWE, matching Anthropic's Opus 5 and beating GPT-5.6 Sol and Sonnet 5, though it still lags on computer-use tasks and GDPVal knowledge work benchmarks. Pricing stays at $0.75/$3.75 per million input/output tokens until an introductory discount expires December 31, 2026, after which it rises to $1.50/$7.50. Flash 3.8 Cyber, restricted to about 650 trusted partners through the new Fairwind Program, claims frontier-level vulnerability detection and automated patching performance, with Chrome's security team reporting 2.6x more correct patches than larger commercial models. Chinese models like GLM-5.3 and DeepSeek v4 Pro are noted as closing the performance gap with better price/performance ratios. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the pricing for Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash model? Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens as an introductory price. That pricing expires on December 31, 2026, after which it rises to $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, matching the pattern used for prior Flash releases. _Track model pricing changes like this before budgeting your next AI-assisted coding project on daily.dev._ ### How does Gemini 3.8 Flash perform against Claude Opus 5 on coding benchmarks? Gemini 3.8 Flash matches Claude Opus 5 on the DeepSWE coding benchmark and beats GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5 there. However, it trails significantly on broader agentic tasks like Terminal-Bench 4.0, scoring 19.1% versus Opus 5's 51.8%, and on computer-use benchmarks like OSWorld-2.0, where it scores 59% against Opus 5's 75.4%. _Developers weighing Gemini Flash against Opus 5 for agentic coding can compare benchmarks like this on daily.dev._ ### Who can access Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber model? Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is restricted to roughly 650 trusted partners through Google's new Fairwind Program, including Accenture, CrowdStrike, the Center for Internet Security, Datadog, Palo Alto Networks, Snowflake, and Wiz. Google describes it as its most capable cybersecurity model, with frontier-level vulnerability detection and automated patching, and gives it more permissive safeguards than the standard Flash 3.8 model. _Security teams tracking gated AI access programs like Fairwind can follow the rollout on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-ships-its-third-gemini-flash-model-in-six-weeks-t05s26kn5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google ships its third Gemini Flash model in six weeks","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-ships-its-third-gemini-flash-model-in-six-weeks-t05s26kn5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-ships-its-third-gemini-flash-model-in-six-weeks-t05s26kn5"},"datePublished":"2026-09-02T16:58:58.130Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T19:51:58.381Z","description":"Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash and a gated Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber model just three weeks after Gemini 3.7 Flash, marking its third Flash release in six...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c6334dbf0a2fdd28f9b22945e9f4bb9a?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c6334dbf0a2fdd28f9b22945e9f4bb9a?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-ships-its-third-gemini-flash-model-in-six-weeks-t05s26kn5","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cyber,google,llm,ai-agents,google-gemini","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Google ships its third Gemini Flash model in six weeks"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-ships-its-third-gemini-flash-model-in-six-weeks-t05s26kn5#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the pricing for Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash model?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens as an introductory price. 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