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Gemini Flash
by Google
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RANKED #198 OF 228 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #305 OF 6,618 · VIBE SCORE 5.3 · 571 VOICES
This model always redirects to the latest model in the Google Gemini Flash family.
HAPPY7.2
112 mentions
SAD7.8
88 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 799 voices
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Google hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Gemini Flash is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS5.4
Llama 4 MaverickMetaPick for top open-weight multimodal reasoning and vision when self-hosting.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE❤️ CROWD FAVORITE1.9k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.7
Mistral SmallMistralPick for fast multimodal vision and local deployment on modest consumer hardware.⚡ FAST🪶 RUNS ON LESS🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE922 VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.5
Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaPick when you need strong multimodal coding help and private offline execution.💻 STRONG AT CODE🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE5.7k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Gemini Flash right now. Biggest praise: speed. Biggest gripe: getting facts right.
446 POSTS · 125 COMMENTS · GITHUB · X · DEV.TO · REDDIT · BLUESKY · HACKER NEWS · LEMMY
PEOPLE LOVE
- Answers come back fast (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Sometimes makes things up (6 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (6 mentions)
- People find it expensive (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- PriceMIXED FEELINGS
2 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- SpeedPEOPLE LOVE THIS
3 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM REDDIT >
“Gemini Flash makes up bs 91% of the time it doesn't know the answer Gemini Pro has a high rate of hallucinations in real world usage - Reason 5621 of WHY model evals are broken beyond repair.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Gemini flash is expensive!.”
- FROM X >
“@DJLougen Gemini flash is grossly underrated for agentic workflow performance and speed..”
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for Gemini Flash.
Grok 4.6> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2026-05-19 · 670 UPVOTESGemini 3.5 flash costs 3 times more than the previous version and 30x more than gemini 1.5 flash.
Gemini 3.5 flash costs 3 times more than the previous version and 30x more than gemini 1.5 flash.
- REDDIT · 2026-05-08 · 245 UPVOTESClaude Design is cool, but the open-source community just shipped a free, local-first alternative (Open Design)
Claude Design is cool, but the open-source community just shipped a free, local-first alternative (Open Design)
- REDDIT · 2026-08-05 · 195 UPVOTESCharacter Sheet in a SINGLE image ⭐ WANTED!
Character Sheet in a SINGLE image ⭐ WANTED!
- REDDIT · 2025-09-02 · 176 UPVOTESSailing the Stars - Wan 2.2 - T2I, I2V, Wan Inpainting, FFLF, mix of Gemini Flash + Qwen Image Edit (didn't have time to fight Qwen) +…
Sailing the Stars - Wan 2.2 - T2I, I2V, Wan Inpainting, FFLF, mix of Gemini Flash + Qwen Image Edit (didn't have time to fight Qwen) + Topaz video upscale + Suno4.5 for music. Sound effects done manually. Used speed LoRAs, manual speed up in Premiere to fix…
- REDDIT · 2026-02-02 · 146 UPVOTESFinally finished my Image2Scene workflow. Great for depicting complex visual worlds in video essay format
Finally finished my Image2Scene workflow. Great for depicting complex visual worlds in video essay format
- REDDIT · 2024-09-25 · 142 UPVOTESThe value of the new Gemini Flash is insane
The value of the new Gemini Flash is insane
- REDDIT · 2025-12-19 · 142 UPVOTESGoogle AI Studio Leaked System Prompt: 12/18/25
Google AI Studio Leaked System Prompt: 12/18/25
- REDDIT · 2026-03-05 · 136 UPVOTESThey removed Grok and Gemini Flash?
They removed Grok and Gemini Flash?
- REDDIT · 2025-07-13 · 133 UPVOTESI’m deeply disappointed with how this change has made it unaffordable
I’m deeply disappointed with how this change has made it unaffordable
- REDDIT · 2026-01-09 · 129 UPVOTESStop using T2V & Best Practices IMO (LTX Video / ComfyUI Guide)
Stop using T2V & Best Practices IMO (LTX Video / ComfyUI Guide)
- REDDIT · 2024-05-28 · 122 UPVOTESGemini Flash and the updated Gemini 1.5 Pro are now on the LMSYS Chatbot Arena Leaderboard
Gemini Flash and the updated Gemini 1.5 Pro are now on the LMSYS Chatbot Arena Leaderboard
- REDDIT · 2026-05-19 · 110 UPVOTESGoogle I/O is tomorrow. What are we expecting?
Google I/O is tomorrow. What are we expecting?