Gemini 3.8 Flash vs GPT-6 Astra

Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash and OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra compared on specs, pricing, and capabilities — as configured in AI Crucible ensembles.

Gemini 3.8 Flash input tokens are 13.3x cheaper than GPT-6 Astra ($0.90 vs $12.00 per 1M tokens).
Gemini 3.8 Flash output tokens are 13.3x cheaper than GPT-6 Astra ($4.50 vs $60.00 per 1M tokens).
GPT-6 Astra offers the larger context window: 1.05M tokens vs 1M tokens for Gemini 3.8 Flash.

Specification	Gemini 3.8 Flash	GPT-6 Astra
Provider	Google	OpenAI
API model ID	gemini-3.8-flash	gpt-6-astra
Description	Google's most intelligent Flash model, engineered for long-horizon software engineering with 1M context.	OpenAI's most capable model, built for the hardest end-to-end work, with 1M context.
Context window	1M tokens	1.05M tokens
Max output tokens	65,536	128,000
Input cost ($/1M tokens)	$0.90	$12.00
Output cost ($/1M tokens)	$4.50	$60.00
Cache read cost ($/1M tokens)	$0.09	$1.20
Latency	low	high
Reasoning model	Yes	Yes
Vision (image input)	Yes	Yes
Tool use	Yes	Yes