Grok 4.6 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
A side-by-side comparison of Grok 4.6 and Gemini 3.8 Flash — intelligence, context, capabilities, and price.
| Spec | ||
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| Context window | 500K | 1M |
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Grok 4.6 pricing
- Under 200K prompt tokens · Input$2.3 / 1M tokens
- Under 200K prompt tokens · Cached input$0.575 / 1M tokens
- Under 200K prompt tokens · Output$6.9 / 1M tokens
- 200K+ prompt tokens · Input$4.6 / 1M tokens
- 200K+ prompt tokens · Cached input$1.15 / 1M tokens
- 200K+ prompt tokens · Output$13.8 / 1M tokens
- Web search (when used)$5.75 / 1,000 calls
List prices plus 15%. Higher reasoning can use more output tokens. TryAI charges a one-credit minimum and rounds each run's aggregate cost up once.
View Grok 4.6details →Gemini 3.8 Flash pricing
- Input$0.8625 / 1M tokens
- Cached input$0.0863 / 1M tokens
- Output$4.3125 / 1M tokens
- From Jan 1, 2027 · Input$1.725 / 1M tokens
- From Jan 1, 2027 · Cached input$0.1725 / 1M tokens
- From Jan 1, 2027 · Output$8.625 / 1M tokens
- Web search (when used)$16.1 / 1,000 queries
List prices plus 15%. Higher reasoning can use more output tokens. TryAI charges a one-credit minimum and rounds each run's aggregate cost up once.
View Gemini 3.8 Flashdetails →Grok 4.6 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash: FAQ
- Is Grok 4.6 better than Gemini 3.8 Flash?
- xAI's frontier model for long-running agents, codebase work, and ambitious interactive or visual projects. Scores 61 on the AA Intelligence Index with 500K context and always-on reasoning. Google's most intelligent Flash workhorse for coding and agents. Scores 59 on the AA Intelligence Index with 1M context, multimodal input, and introductory half-price token rates through 2026. The best choice depends on your workload — compare context window, capabilities, and price above, or try both on TryAI.
- Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Gemini 3.8 Flash?
- See the pricing rows above for live per-token or per-generation costs. TryAI bills both from one pay-as-you-go balance.