Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
MMMU-Pro (vision) MMMU-Pro (vision): College-level questions that require understanding images: charts, diagrams, photos
Gemini 3.7 Flash84.7
Gemini 3.8 Flash84.2
Chartography Chartography: Expert chart reasoning over professional scientific, medical, financial and engineering charts
Gemini 3.7 Flash · high40.4
Gemini 3.8 Flash · high40.9
GDP.pdf · AA all-pass GDP.pdf · AA all-pass: Models reason over professional PDF documents; an attempt passes only when every atomic criterion passes
Gemini 3.7 Flash · high23.6
Gemini 3.8 Flash22.8
Arena Vision · overall Arena Vision · overall: Human pairwise preferences in the stated vision vote pool
Gemini 3.7 Flash · high1,314.2
Gemini 3.8 Flash · high1,315.4
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| MMMU-Pro (vision) | 84.7 | 84.2 |
| Chartography | 40.4 · high | 40.9 · high |
| GDP.pdf · AA all-pass | 23.6 · high | 22.8 |
| Arena Vision · overall | 1,314.2 · high | 1,315.4 · high |
Specs
| Spec | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M | $0.75 | !$0.75 |
| Output, per 1M | $3.75 | !$3.75 |
| Cost per task? | — | $0.93 |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Released | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| See images | ✓ | ✓ |
| Read PDFs | Partial | ✓ |
| Hear audio | ✓ | ✓ |
| Watch video | ✓ | ✓ |
| Call tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| Force a tool call | Partial | Partial |
| Return strict JSON | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search the web | ? | ✓ |
| Run code | ? | ✓ |
| Use a computer | ? | ? |
What breaks when you switch
Gemini 3.7 Flash → Gemini 3.8 Flash
Sampling parameters are ignored›
temperature, top_p and top_k are ignored now and will cause HTTP 400 in future generations; remove them from requests.
No minimal thinking level›
The minimal thinking level returns an error; avoid minimal.
Gemini 3.8 Flash → Gemini 3.7 Flash
Nothing known.