Google Gemini Models

Overview of Google’s Gemini models with strong multimodal capabilities and long context windows.

Latest: Gemini 3.8 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash (Sep 2026) is Google's latest Flash-tier model — the third Flash release in six weeks — with improved software engineering and agentic reasoning at Flash-level speed and cost. A tuned variant, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, targets vulnerability detection for trusted defenders.

Strengths

  • Agentic coding at Flash speed/cost
  • Multimodal (text + vision)
  • Configurable reasoning effort

Best For

  • Production-ready coding agents
  • Media analysis
  • High-volume agentic workflows

Model Lineup

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Latest workhorse tier for coding and agentic tasks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Pro-tier frontier reasoning model for the most complex multimodal tasks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Previous-generation Flash workhorse, superseded by 3.8 Flash.

Practical Guidance

  • Chunk long documents and use references to maintain grounding.
  • For fast, cost-sensitive coding/agent tasks, prefer Gemini 3.8 Flash.
  • Use vision inputs for diagrams and media comprehension tasks.