Gemini 3.8 Flash vs gpt-oss-20b: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Gemini 3.8 Flash and gpt-oss-20b releases: 3 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 5 models.
- For intelligence, Gemini 3.8 Flash scores highest: Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) at 41, against gpt-oss-20b (low) at 10 for gpt-oss-20b.
- For output speed, Gemini 3.8 Flash is fastest: Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) at 297 t/s, against gpt-oss-20b (low) at 224 t/s for gpt-oss-20b.
- For cost per task, gpt-oss-20b is cheapest: gpt-oss-20b (high) at $0.01, against Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium) at $0.93 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
Releases compared
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Capability Indexes
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) |  Google | 41 | 47 | 48 | 52 | 42 | 43 | 52 | $1.24 | $0.6 | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | $1,623 | 71k | 43k | 172M | 297 | 14.26s | 14.26s | 15.94s | 229.94s | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium) | Google | 40 | 45 | 48 | 51 | - | 40 | 50 | $0.93 | $0.6 | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | $1,100 | 53k | 27k | 95M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (low) | Google | 33 | 39 | 39 | 45 | - | 34 | 46 | - | $0.6 | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1M | Sep 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| gpt-oss-20b (low) |  OpenAI | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.07 | $0.215 | - | - | - | - | - | 224 | 0.92s | 9.85s | 12.08s | - | 21B 3.6B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2025 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +4 | |||
| gpt-oss-20b (high) | OpenAI | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | $0.01 | $0.1 | $0.07 | $0.18 | - | $31 | 18k | 16k | 70M | 186 | 0.85s | 11.63s | 14.32s | 104.61s | 21B 3.6B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2024 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |   +5 | |||