$ diff astra gemini-3-8-flash
Astra vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
Values come from Astra and Gemini 3.8 Flash, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
OpenAIAstra
- context
- 1.1M
- weights
- closed
- $/M in
- $10
- $/M out
- $50
- context
- 1.0M
- weights
- closed
- $/M in
- $0.75
- $/M out
- $3.75
What actually differs
- Context window
- Astra takes 1.1M against 1.0M — modestly more room in a single request.
- Input price
- Gemini 3.8 Flash at $0.75/M against $10/M — 13.3× cheaper to feed.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.8 Flash at $3.75/M against $50/M — 13.3× cheaper to generate. Output dominates the bill on most agentic workloads, where the model writes far more than it reads.
- Recency
- Astra shipped 1 day after Gemini 3.8 Flash (2026-09-03 vs 2026-09-02).
Full spec
| Attribute | Astra | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | Google DeepMind |
| Released | 2026-09-03 | 2026-09-02 |
| Context window | 1,050,000 tokens (128,000 max output) | 1,048,576 tokens (65,536 max output) |
| Pricing | $10/M input · $50/M output | $0.75/M input · $3.75/M output (introductory, through 2026-12-31) · $1.50/M · $7.50/M from 2027-01-01 |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Availability | ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise · OpenAI API · AWS — staged, see below | Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Antigravity, Android Studio, Gemini Enterprise / Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform |