$ diff gemini-3-8-flash laguna-s-2-1
Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Laguna S 2.1
Values come from Gemini 3.8 Flash and Laguna S 2.1, 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
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Context window
- Gemini 3.8 Flash takes 1.0M against 1M — modestly more room in a single request.
- Weights
- Laguna S 2.1 publishes weights (OpenMDW-1.1 (open-weight)); 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 43 days after Laguna S 2.1 (2026-09-02 vs 2026-07-21).
Full spec
| Attribute | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Laguna S 2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Google DeepMind | Poolside |
| Released | 2026-09-02 | 2026-07-21 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (65,536 max output) | 1M |
| 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 recorded |
| License | proprietary | OpenMDW-1.1 (open-weight) |
| Availability | Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Antigravity, Android Studio, Gemini Enterprise / Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform | Hugging Face |