Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-5.6 Sol?

Gemini 3.8 Flash has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Gemini 3.8 Flash from $0.75 and GPT-5.6 Sol from $4.00.

Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-5.6 Sol?

GPT-5.6 Sol has the largest context window: Gemini 3.8 Flash 1,048,576 tokens and GPT-5.6 Sol 1,050,000 tokens.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-5.6 Sol?

GPT-5.6 Sol scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Coding Index: Gemini 3.8 Flash 76.3 and GPT-5.6 Sol 77.2.

Can I switch between Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-5.6 Sol without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (google/gemini-3.8-flash, openai/gpt-5.6-sol).

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Googlegoogle/gemini-3.8-flash

GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAIopenai/gpt-5.6-sol

Creator

Google

OpenAI

Released

Sep 2, 2026

Jul 9, 2026

Context window

1.05M

Max output

66K

128K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.75

$4.00

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$3.75

$20.00

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

40.9

42.3

CodingArtificial Analysis index

76.3

77.2

LatencyMedian time to first token

—

5.7s

ThroughputMedian tokens per second

—

<1 t/s

Accepts

Text, Image, Audio, Video, Files

Text, Image

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Sol: summary

Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-5.6 Sol are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Gemini 3.8 Flash, from Google, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens across 2 providers and scores 40.9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

GPT-5.6 Sol, from OpenAI, has a 1,050,000-token context window, costs $4.00/1M input and $20.00/1M output tokens and scores 42.3 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the cheapest on input, 5.3× cheaper than the next model, GPT-5.6 Sol has the largest context window, GPT-5.6 Sol scores highest for intelligence and GPT-5.6 Sol leads on coding.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="google/gemini-3.8-flash", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="openai/gpt-5.6-sol", messages=[...])

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