Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking: API pricing, providers and specs
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking is a audio model by Google. 3 providers serve it, from $4.50 to $11.70 /1M; the lowest price is at Vercel AI Gateway.
How Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking compares
Against the 43 audio models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $4.50 /1M against a median of $6.15; 41% of comparable models cost less.
- Its 131K-token context window is larger than 57% of them (median 128K), about 200 pages of text.
- 3 providers serve it; 59% of comparable models have fewer.
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GoogleOfficial | $0.005/min | From$0.018/min | — | 131K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.75/1M | $4.50/1M | — | — |
 EmpirioLabs AI | $2.60/1M | $11.70/1M | $2.60/1M | 128K |
- Vercel AI Gateway$4.50
- EmpirioLabs AI$11.70
Specs
- Type
- Audio
- Maker
- Inputs
- Text, Audio
- Outputs
- Text, Audio
- Context
- 131K≈ 200 pages of text
- Max output
- 66K
- Capabilities
- Tool calling
- Released
- Sep 15, 2026
- License
- proprietary
- Open weights
- No, API only
Alternatives to Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinkingthis model | $4.50/1M | 131K | — | 3 |
 Qwen Audio 3.1 TTS | $3.74/1M | — | — | 1 |
| Qwen Audio 3.0 Realtime Plus | $6.40/1M | — | — | 1 |
| Qwen Audio 3.1 Realtime Plus | $5.98/1M | 256K | — | 3 |
| Qwen Audio 3.1 TTS Next | $3.30/1M | — | — | 1 |
| Qwen3-Omni Flash | $6/1M | — | — | 2 |
| GPT-4o mini Transcribe | $4/1M | 128K | — | 7 |
| GPT-4o Mini TTS | $9.60/1M | — | — | 5 |
| GPT-4o Transcribe | $8/1M | — | — | 6 |
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The lowest price for Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking is $4.50 /1M, at Vercel AI Gateway.
Vercel AI Gateway, at $4.50 /1M. 3 providers serve Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking; the table above lists every one with its price.
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking reads up to 131K tokens per request and writes up to 66K.
No. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking is only available through an API; Google does not publish its weights.
3 API providers serve Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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