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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs GPT-6 Sol: price

Gemini 3.8 Flash is 2.7× cheaper than GPT-6 Sol for a typical chat workload (1,500 tokens in, 500 out).

ItemGemini 3.8 FlashGPT-6 Sol
Input per 1M tokens$0.75$2.00
Output per 1M tokens$3.75$10.00
Cached input per 1M$0.075$0.20
1,000 chat messages1,500 tokens in, 500 out each$3.00$8.00
Summarize a 50-page PDF30,000 tokens in, 1,000 out$0.026$0.07
One coding-agent task60,000 tokens in, 4,000 out, no caching$0.06$0.16

Gemini 3.8 Flash: Promo price through Dec 31, 2026; $1.50 in / $7.50 out from Jan 1, 2027.

GPT-6 Sol: Prompts over 272K tokens: 2x input, 1.5x output.

List prices checked September 28, 2026. Price is half the story: see how people rate each one today.

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs GPT-6 Sol in numbers

Output, usually the bigger part of the bill, costs $3.75 on Gemini 3.8 Flash and $10.00 on GPT-6 Sol, so Gemini 3.8 Flash is 2.7× cheaper there. Input costs $0.75 versus $2.00 per million tokens. For a coding-agent task (60,000 tokens in, 4,000 out) that is $0.06 on Gemini 3.8 Flash and $0.16 on GPT-6 Sol. Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts 1.05M tokens of context and GPT-6 Sol 1.05M tokens. Gemini 3.8 Flash came out on September 2, 2026 and GPT-6 Sol on September 22, 2026.

Gemini 3.8 Flash is made by Google; GPT-6 Sol by OpenAI. Estimate your own bill for both in the cost calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or GPT-6 Sol cheaper?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is 2.7× cheaper than GPT-6 Sol for a typical chat workload (1,500 tokens in, 500 out). Output, usually the bigger part of the bill, costs $3.75 on Gemini 3.8 Flash and $10.00 on GPT-6 Sol, so Gemini 3.8 Flash is 2.7× cheaper there.

Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash or GPT-6 Sol?

It depends on the task, and price is only part of it. Check how people rate each one today on the Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-6 Sol pages, and read what users report in Discussions.