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Pricing is the real argument
Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $3.75 per 1M output tokens. That rate is introductory and expires December 31, 2026; from January 1, 2027 it becomes $1.50 and $7.50. In Google’s own table, Claude Sonnet 5 sits at $2.00/$10.00 and GPT-5.6 Terra at $2.00/$12.00.
At an 80/20 input-output mix, that is a blended $1.35 per 1M tokens today against $3.60 for Sonnet 5 and $4.00 for GPT-5.6 Terra. For teams running agents at volume, the intelligence-per-dollar gap is the reason to evaluate, not the individual eval wins.
Key Takeaways
- Gemini 3.7 Flash is a refinement of 3.6 Flash, not a new base model, shipped just three weeks later.
- Coding gains are real: FrontierCode 43.6% vs 34.4%, DeepSWE 65.3% vs 48.6%, WebDev Arena 1588 Elo.
- Price is the strongest claim — $0.75/$3.75 per 1M until December 31, 2026, then it doubles.
- GPT-5.6 Terra still leads on terminal and computer-use agents; CharXiv is a small regression.
- API and enterprise only. No open weights, so no self-hosting or air-gapped deployment.
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