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Real data comparison

Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)

On quality, OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch) leads (52.8 vs 41.2). On price, Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) is cheaper ($1.50 vs $20.00 per 1M). In real production usage, Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) is used more (rank #22 vs #45 of 325).

  • Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)
  • OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)
Quality (Intelligence Index)41.2 / 52.8
Price ($/1M blended)$1.50 / $20.00
Average usage share1.54% / 0.50%
Best provider uptime100.0% / 100.0%
Coding index76.3 / 76.9
Agentic index41.1 / 51.5
Context window1,048,576 / 1,050,000
Quality per dollar27.5 pts/$ / 2.6 pts/$

Usage share over time

3.21%2.41%1.60%0.80%0.00%Share of usageSep 2Sep 5Sep 8
  • Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)
  • OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)

Frequently asked questions

Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch): which is better quality?

OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch) scores higher on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index (52.8 vs 41.2).

Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch): which is cheaper?

Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) is cheaper at $1.50/1M vs $20.00/1M.

Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch): which is used more?

Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) has higher real OpenRouter usage share (rank #22 vs #45 of 325).

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of September 9, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.