All models
Head to head
Gemini 3.8 Flash vs GPT-5.4 Mini
Price, context, inputs and filters. No benchmarks theatre.
Both cost about the same per message.
Gemini 3.8 Flash holds 2.6Γ more context.
Fact
Made by
Google
OpenAI
Content tier
Mainstream
Mainstream
Intelligence
Smart & Cheap
Smart & Cheap
Estimated price per message
~2.54 creditsβ 39 messages for $1
~2.44 creditsβ 40 messages for $1
Context window
1M tokensβ 1,613 pages of text in one go
400K tokensβ 615 pages of text in one go
Reads
Text, Images, Video, Audio
Text, Images
Writes
Text
Text
Tool use
Yes - search, memory, code and more
Yes - search, memory, code and more
Served via
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
Status
Current
Legacy
A typical message: 16K tokens in, 1.5K out. Short replies cost less. Models served via OpenRouter bill the real provider cost plus our markup, so actual charges vary. 1 credit = $0.01.