Google launches two Gemini 3.8 models with cutting-edge reasoning capabilities
Just three weeks after its last large language model release, Google LLC today launched Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber.
The two LLMs are based on the same technical foundation. The primary difference is that Gemini 3.8 Flash is a general-purpose model while Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is designed for cybersecurity researchers. The latter algorithm is available through a new early access initiative, the Fairwind Program, that also made its debut today.
Google put Gemini 3.8 Flash to the test by having it complete 16 artificial intelligence benchmarks. According to Google, it outperformed Claude Opus 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol across nine of the tests.
One of the evaluations that the model completed more accurately is Terminal-Bench 1.1, which measures LLMs’ ability to tackle multistep coding tasks. The other benchmarks spanned use cases such as financial data analysis and chart comprehension.
