$ diff gemini-3-8-flash granite-4-2
Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Granite 4.2
Values come from Gemini 3.8 Flash and Granite 4.2, 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.
Google DeepMindGemini 3.8 Flash
- context
- 1.0M
- weights
- closed
- $/M in
- $0.75
- $/M out
- $3.75
- context
- 512K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Context window
- Gemini 3.8 Flash takes 1.0M against 512K — 2.0× more room in a single request.
- Weights
- Granite 4.2 publishes weights (Apache 2.0); Gemini 3.8 Flash is API-only. That decides self-hosting, air-gapped deployment and fine-tuning before any capability question does.
- Recency
- Gemini 3.8 Flash shipped 8 days after Granite 4.2 (2026-09-02 vs 2026-08-25).
Full spec
| Attribute | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Granite 4.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Google DeepMind | IBM |
| Released | 2026-09-02 | 2026-08-25 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (65,536 max output) | 512K (30B); unknown (3B, 8B) |
| Pricing | $0.75/M input · $3.75/M output (introductory, through 2026-12-31) · $1.50/M · $7.50/M from 2027-01-01 | not applicable — open weights, no hosted rate published |
| License | proprietary | Apache 2.0 |
| Availability | Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Antigravity, Android Studio, Gemini Enterprise / Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform | Hugging Face, Ollama, GitHub |