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Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Google: Gemini 4 Argon

Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash is 2.4× cheaper for the sample workload; both have the same context window.

MetricGoogle: Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle: Gemini 4 Argon
Model IDgoogle/gemini-3.8-flashgoogle/gemini-4-argon
Prompt price$0.825 / 1M tokens$2.00 / 1M tokens
Completion price$4.125 / 1M tokens$10.00 / 1M tokens
Context1,048,576 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Tool calling✓✓
Structured outputs✓✓
Reasoning✓✓
Response format✓✓
Web search––
Input modalitiestext, image, video, file, audioaudio, file, image, text, video
Output modalitiestexttext
Added2026-09-022026-10-13

Sample workload

Chat app: 1,000 prompt + 500 completion tokens × 100 requests per day.

CostGoogle: Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle: Gemini 4 Argon
Per day$0.29$0.70
Per 30 days$8.66$21.00

Difference: $0.41 per day and $12.34 per 30 days.

Data updated 2026-10-30