Google Gemini 3.8 Flash vs SpaceXAI Grok 4.7
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Gemini 3.8 Flash is 1.8× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 500K tokens.
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | Grok 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | SpaceXAI | |
| Released | 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-21 |
| Input / 1M | $0.825 | $2.00 |
| Output / 1M | $4.13 | $6.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.083 | $0.50 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $1.65 | $3.00 |
| Context | 1M | 500K |
| Max output | 66K | 450K |
| Accepts | text, image, file, audio, video | text, image, file |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 7 | 5 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $3.75 | $6.00 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | Operational |
Cost calculator
Gemini 3.8 Flash
$111 per month$3.71 per day
Grok 4.7
$210 per month$7.00 per day
Gemini 3.8 Flash saves $98.63 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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