Gemini 3.8 Flash (High)
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 7 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1315±10 from 4,645 votes. Its best category is OCR (#2 of 123). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #7 of 167: top tier, suited to demanding image-understanding work.
- Strongest category: OCR (#2 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) Anthropic | 1319 | 5,026 | Proprietary | +4 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic | 1317 | 23,139 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.6 (High) Anthropic | 1316 | 22,286 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 7 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) Google | 1315 | 4,645 | Proprietary | |
| 8 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Google | 1314 | 5,369 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.7 (High) Anthropic | 1313 | 22,731 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 10 |  Qwen3.8-Max Alibaba | 1313 | 9,957 | Proprietary | -2 |
Alternatives · More from Google
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Google | 1314 | 5,369 | Proprietary |
| 13 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) Google | 1308 | 13,862 | Proprietary |
| 14 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) Google | 1306 | 14,061 | Proprietary |
| 16 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 1305 | 13,623 | Proprietary |
| 20 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) Google | 1299 | 8,979 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 7 (1315); OCR rank 2 (1333); Diagrams rank 4 (1345); Homework rank 4 (1351); Creative writing rank 20 (1299); Humor rank 6 (1321); English rank 6 (1318); Chinese rank 1 (1416) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) at OCR?
Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) ranks 2 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1333 (3,137 votes).
Is Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #1 of 128 (1416); English board: #6 of 167 (1318). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) has 1315, 10 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.