8 Flash, arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor. 7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and “calling tools iteratively.”

75 per million output tokens, but could still end up costing users more. Google warns that “the model might use more tokens to maximize performance, especially at higher effort levels.”

7 Flash if they want to minimize token usage. 8 Flash’s launch was followed by some early impressions online.

8 Flash is “the cheapest we’ve measured at this level of intelligence. 7 Flash despite unchanged per-token pricing, driven by a 30% increase in output tokens per task and more turns on agentic evaluations.”

8 Flash to Anthropic’s models, saying it offers “Opus 5 coding quality but at a fraction of the cost and super fast,” adding, “This is going to be so awesome for things like making remotion videos.” 8 Flash offers “significant improvements” for software engineering and autonomous AI agents.

1 software engineering benchmark, including Anthropic’s Fable 5, which got an upgrade earlier this week that also promises stronger performance at a lower price, by cutting the price to use cached data. Google’s new model also outperformed its competitors on the Vals Finance Agent V2 benchmark and Harvey’s Legal Agent benchmark.

However, the new model also “ships with safeguards against misuse in the domains of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) and cyber offense.” 8 Flash Cyber alongside its new Fairwind Program, which is limited to governments and “trusted partners.”

8 Flash Cyber and Google’s CodeMender agent, which Google says can help “autonomously find and fix vulnerabilities, protecting critical infrastructure, public services, and national security.” 8 Flash is available now for consumers with a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription, as well as developers and enterprise users.

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