# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Hy3

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Hy3 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, and Factuality.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Hy3: $0.144375 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: closed weights.

Hy3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Hy3 in General LLM at #7 against #65.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Hy3 in Reasoning at #6 against #66.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Hy3 in Coding › Web dev at #29 against #51.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Hy3 in Long context at #5 against #64.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Hy3 in Factuality at #19 against #74.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Hy3 is ranked #51 in Coding › Web dev (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).