Gemini 3.5 Flash: Google's Most Powerful Model Ever! Beats Opus 4.7 & GPT 5.5? (Fully Tested)
Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash, launched at the Google IO conference, is a fast, efficient, and strong coding model with impressive performance but high token costs, raising questions about its efficiency as a flash tier model.
MAIN POINTS FROM TRANSCRIPT
- Gemini 3.5 Flash is Google's strongest agentic coding model, surpassing Gemini 3.1 Pro.
- The model is fast, with low latency and strong coding capabilities.
- It is significantly more expensive than previous models, costing $1.50 per million input tokens.
- Despite high costs, it excels in benchmarks like Terminal Bench and GDP Evo.
TAKEAWAYS
- Gemini 3.5 Flash's speed and reasoning capabilities are impressive but come with high token usage.
- It outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro but is more costly and token-hungry.
- The model's cost-performance ratio is less favorable compared to competitors like GPT 5.5.
- It excels in SVG art and 3JS coding but is three times more expensive per token.