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| Attribute | Gemini Embedding 2gemini-embedding-2-preview | Gemini 3.8 Flashgemini-3.8-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Input | $0.60 / 1M | $0.75 / 1M |
| Output | $2.40 / 1M | $3.75 / 1M |
| Cache Write (5m) | $0.60 / 1M | $0.75 / 1M |
| Cache Write (1h) | $0.60 / 1M | $0.75 / 1M |
| Cache Read | $0.60 / 1M | $0.75 / 1M |
| Web Search | — | $0 / 1M |
| Context | ||
| Max context | 8.2K | 1M |
| Max output | N/A | N/A |
| Capabilities | ||
| Vision | Yes | Yes |
| Function Calling | Yes | Yes |
| JSON Mode | No | Yes |
| Streaming | No | Yes |
| Catalogue | ||
| Provider | ||
| Category | embedding | chat |
| Charge type | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go |
| Released | — | — |
| Description | ||
| Summary | Gemini Embedding 2 is Google's advanced text embedding model designed for high-accuracy semantic representation across large-scale retrieval and understanding tasks. It converts text into dense vector embeddings optimized for semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), clustering, classification, and recommendation systems. Built for production use, it offers strong multilingual support, improved semantic similarity accuracy, and efficient embedding generation, making it well suited for large knowledge indexing pipelines and enterprise-scale retrieval applications. | Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash-class model, delivering significant improvements over Gemini 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic workflows, and complex multi-step reasoning. Designed to combine strong capability with Flash-tier efficiency, it is well suited for coding assistants, autonomous agents, and high-throughput production workflows that require responsive performance without sacrificing reasoning quality. |