Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) vs o4-mini (High)

Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) vs o4-mini (High). 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 (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
40.90
Total cost
$1623
OpenAIo4-mini (High)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
16.70
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 (High)o4-mini (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)40.916.7−59.2% o4-mini (High) is 59.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,622.73Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.13s28.44s−14.2% o4-mini (High) is 14.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.75 / $3.75$1.10 / $4.40
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image
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