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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Nova Premier 1.0

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

59.5

Rank #13 Confirmed

Nova Premier 1.0 Amazon

37.7

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 64.7 to 22.3.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
ProviderGoogleAmazon
Noometry Index59.537.7
Released2026-09-022025-04-30
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K10K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$12.50
Results tracked466

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
LMArena Coding1512—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
APEX-Agents64.3%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
Kagi LLM Benchmark—44.8%
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1506—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.13—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—
Omni-MATH—35%
LMArena Math1528—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
MMLU-Pro—72.6%
GPQA (HELM)—51.8%
LMArena Expert1529—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Vision1312—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Non-English1486—
LMArena Chinese1547—
LMArena French1502—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1505—
LMArena Korean1479—
LMArena Russian1507—
LMArena Spanish1492—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
IFEval—80.3%
LMArena Instruction Following1489—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Longer Query1506—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Text1494—
LMArena Creative Writing1485—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
WildBench—78.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn1503—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Nova Premier 1.0?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Nova Premier 1.0?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Nova Premier 1.0 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.

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