Migrating from gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025 to gemini-3.8-flash
What changes when you move from gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025 to gemini-3.8-flash: context window 128,000 → 1,048,576 tokens.
- Status
- Retired
- Shutdown
- Jul 28, 2026 at the earliest
- Time left
- —
- Status
- Active
- Shutdown
- none announced
- Time left
- —
Prices
USD per 1M tokens, standard tier| Type | gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025 | gemini-3.8-flash | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Not published | $0.75first seen October 1, 2026 · source | — |
| Cached input | Not published | $0.075first seen October 1, 2026 · source | — |
| Output | Not published | $3.75first seen October 1, 2026 · source | — |
Other tiers, prompt-size bands and modalities are on each model's page.
Limits
Tokens| Limit | gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025 | gemini-3.8-flash | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | 1,048,576 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | +719.2% |
| Max output tokens | 64,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | 65,536 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | +2.4% |
Features and parameters
Compare modelsSame on both
- Image input: supported on both.gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · gemini-3.8-flash: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
Not published for gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025: Structured outputs, Function calling, Prompt caching, Batch API, PDF input, Reasoning / thinking, Fine-tuning, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs.
Not published for gemini-3.8-flash: Fine-tuning, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs.
Free tier
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025: no free tier listed
gemini-3.8-flash: Free tier, in place when tracking began (October 7, 2026) (source) · All free models
gemini-3.8-flash adds a free tier.
Aliases
All aliasesNo aliases point at either model.
On cloud platforms
All platform dates| Model | Platform | Platform ID | Shutdown | Time left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-3.8-flash | Google Cloud Vertex AI | gemini-3.8-flash | not before Sep 2, 2027Active |
Read daily from each platform's own pages. The status above uses each company's own date. Time left counts to 00:00 UTC on the shutdown date, which is the evening before in ET.
Checklist
- Change the model string from
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025togemini-3.8-flash.
Compared from AIWire's published data when this page loaded. Each fact links to the page it came from. Model pages: gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025, gemini-3.8-flash.