Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
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Sticker prices & cost-per-token
List rates as published by Google, before any volume or enterprise discounts.
$0.75
$4.50
Closed weights
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| Effective | Price |
|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 – present |
Input cost: $0.75 / 1M, Output cost: $4.50 / 1M, Cached input cost: $0.00 / 1M, Cache creation cost: $0.00 / 1M, 5-minute cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, 1-hour cache write cost: $0.00 / 1M, Reasoning output cost: $0.00 / 1M, Cache storage cost: $0.00 / 1M/hr
New model: Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking launched Sep 2026.
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History
Last change detected September 21, 2026 (about 1 month ago) by an automated scan.
| Date | Changed by | What changed |
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| Sep 21, 2026 | Automated scan | Initial record created |
Source
https://ai.google.dev/pricingComparable models
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Reliability
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Frequently asked questions
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (Google) costs $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $4.50 per 1M output tokens, as last published by Google.
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking sits in the large size tier. Size tiers run from micro (small enough to run on a device) through small, medium and large to extra large (frontier flagships), and are assigned from the model's family, naming and limits rather than its price.
No — the weights of Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking have not been released, so it is only available through hosted APIs.
No, Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking is currently active with no announced deprecation date.
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Coolhand also tracks Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Standard), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (<=200k tokens, Standard), Gemini 3.5 Flash (Standard), Gemini 3.5 Flash (Batch), Gemini 3.5 Flash (Flex), and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite from Google. Some may already be deprecated, so check each model's status alongside its current pricing.
| Model | Input cost | Output cost | Context window | Max output tokens | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Standard) | $0.25/1M $0.0000002500 | $1.50/1M $0.0000015000 | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | Active |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (<=200k tokens, Standard) | $2.00/1M $0.0000020000 | $12.00/1M $0.0000120000 | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | Active |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash (Standard) | $1.50/1M $0.0000015000 | $9.00/1M $0.0000090000 | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | Active |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash (Batch) | $0.75/1M $0.0000007500 | $4.50/1M $0.0000045000 | — | — | Active |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash (Flex) | $0.75/1M $0.0000007500 | $4.50/1M $0.0000045000 | — | — | Active |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | $0.30/1M $0.0000003000 | $2.50/1M $0.0000025000 | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | Active |
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