Gemini 3.8 Flash gains 3 index points but costs about 40% more per task because it uses more tokenThe chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.Full definition → at the same per-token price. Per-task cost, not token price, is what to compare.
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token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.
