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Google · via openrouter · published window from October 5, 2026

google/gemini-3.8-flash: stability, speed and price

site endpoint id google--gemini-3.8-flash

Historical measurements. No successful scored check in the past 24 hours. Scores, latency and cost below describe the 24-hour window ending at the last successful check, not current performance. Current rankings exclude this endpoint.

Last successful scored check:

Core pass rate—
100.0%
historical: latest measured day
Speed—
3.7s
historical median per canary call · p95 27.2s
Cost—
$0.011
historical observed mean per scored run · probe mix differs by endpoint
Behaviour fingerprint31 runs
No change
775 responses · last adj. p 1 · Oct 13 1:56 AM UTC

Summary

google/gemini-3.8-flash has no successful scored check in the past 24 hours. The last measured day ended at 2026-10-13T01:55:32.741Z; 100.0% of core checks passed. These historical measurements are excluded from current rankings.

During that historical measurement window, median canary latency was 3.7s (p95 27.2s) and the observed mean cost per scored run was $0.011. This does not describe the endpoint’s present performance.

Raven Alpha has 775 fingerprint responses over 31 runs in this endpoint’s selected series (2 other partitions of history exist and are not shown here); the last recorded state is “no change” at 2026-10-13T01:56:19.401Z with an adjusted p of 1.

No incidents on record.

Written from the numbers on this page; every figure is in results.json.

Measurement record

Provider
Google
Route
openrouter
Model requested
google/gemini-3.8-flash
Model id returned
google/gemini-3.8-flash
Scored calls in window
519
Fingerprint responses
775
Core score change
+0.0 pts across the published window
Status
Historical · no recent check
Suite
hard-v2 + starter-v2 · methodology v0.2

Capabilities over time

15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%Oct 5Oct 6Oct 10Oct 12Oct 13

Historical measurement window by capability

Instruction following100.0%

Exact-format instruction drift

Long context100.0%

Silent context truncation

Tool calling100.0%

Tool-use format regressions

Over-refusal100.0%

New safety layers refusing benign requests

Max-tokens respect100.0%

Truncation and limit changes

Incidents

No drift incidents so far. The detector re-checks every series after each run (6134 evaluations to date).

Raven Alpha: what it answers

31 runs, 775 responses, Oct 7 3:08 AM UTC to Oct 13 1:56 AM UTC. Each row is one fixed prompt with no right answer; the detector tracks the distribution of answers, not any single one. Filled cells: that run's most common answer was the overall favourite. Hollow cells: it was something else (normal for prompts with many good answers).

PromptMost common answers (share of all responses)Last 24 runsMedian tokens
Pick a random integer between 1 and 50. Reply with only the number.
int50 · short answer
100%37
80
Pick a number between 1 and 1000. Reply with only the number.
int1000 · short answer
38%472
34%742
10%437
6 distinct answers in 29 responses
115
Name one color. Reply with one word.
color · short answer
100%Blue
113
Name one animal. Reply with one word.
animal · short answer
31%Dog
31%Tiger
21%Elephant
4 distinct answers in 29 responses
115
Name a city in Europe. Reply with only the city name.
city · short answer
100%Paris
118
Give me one random English noun. Reply with one word.
noun · short answer
59%Lantern
17%Lighthouse
7%Telescope
8 distinct answers in 29 responses
126
Flip a coin. Reply with only heads or tails.
coin · short answer
72%Heads
28%Tails
139
Pick a random letter of the alphabet. Reply with only the letter.
letter · short answer
52%M
41%K
3%Q
4 distinct answers in 29 responses
102
Name one fruit. Reply with one word.
fruit · short answer
100%Apple
100
Suggest a name for a pet cat. Reply with only the name.
cat · short answer
72%Milo
21%Luna
7%Mochi
159
Name one programming language. Reply with only its name.
lang · short answer
100%Python
110
Name a chemical element. Reply with one word.
element · short answer
86%Oxygen
14%Hydrogen
111
Give one adjective that describes the ocean. Reply with one word.
ocean · short answer
100%Vast
139
Name a famous scientist. Reply with only the name.
scientist · short answer
100%Albert Einstein
114
Pick a day of the week. Reply with one word.
weekday · short answer
54%Wednesday
46%Friday
108
Name one musical instrument. Reply with one word.
instrument · short answer
96%Piano
4%Guitar
119
Write one sentence about rain.
rain · free text
7%Rain gently taps against the…
4%Gentle rain tapped a steady…
4%Gentle rain whispered against the…
26 distinct answers in 27 responses
328
Explain what a variable is in programming, in two sentences.
variable · free text
50%A variable is a named…
43%In programming, a variable is…
4%A variable is a labeled…
4 distinct answers in 28 responses
437
List three uses for a brick.
brick · free text
96%Here are three uses for…
4%Here are three common uses…
362
What is 17 * 23?
mult · free text
100%17 * 23 = **391**…
238
Write one sentence about the sea.
sea · free text
19%The sea stretches endlessly toward…
15%Vast and untamed, the sea…
12%The vast and restless sea…
15 distinct answers in 26 responses
311
Complete this sentence: The old house at the end of the street
house · free text
96%Here are a few ways…
4%...had been abandoned for decades…
545
Describe a cat in exactly five words.
catfive · free text
35%Furry, independent hunter that purrs…
8%Curious, independent hunter that purrs…
8%Curious, independent, furry, purring hunter…
16 distinct answers in 26 responses
554
Give me a one-line motivational quote.
quote · free text
33%"Doubt kills more dreams than…
30%"It always seems impossible until…
11%"The secret of getting ahead…
9 distinct answers in 27 responses
389
Say hello in a creative way, in one short sentence.
hello · free text
8%Consider this a pocketful of…
8%Tossing a paper airplane of…
8%Consider this sentence a warm…
23 distinct answers in 26 responses
528
Write a haiku about autumn.
haiku · free text
24%Golden leaves drift down, Dancing…
16%Golden leaves float down, Dancing…
12%Amber leaves drift down, Whispers…
13 distinct answers in 25 responses
555
Write the first sentence of a mystery novel.
story · free text
12%The letter arrived three days…
4%The dead woman had three…
4%The morning they finally drained…
24 distinct answers in 26 responses
857
Give one tip for sleeping better, in one sentence.
tip · free text
52%Maintain a consistent sleep schedule…
36%Go to bed and wake…
8%Stick to a consistent sleep…
4 distinct answers in 25 responses
333

Raw file: google--gemini-3.8-flash.json (the same reference martingale check compares your endpoint against).

Each category is scored by deterministic checks only (Structured JSON, Tool calling and others). Read the methodology.