Gemini 3.8 Flash (Medium) vs Gemma 3 1B Instruct

Gemini 3.8 Flash (Medium) vs Gemma 3 1B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
39.80
Total cost
$1100
GoogleGemma 3 1B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
4.80
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 3.8 Flash (Medium)Gemma 3 1B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)39.84.8−87.9% Gemma 3 1B Instruct is 87.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,100.06Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reportedNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.75 / $3.75$0.00 / $0.00
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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