Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context...
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash wins on 5 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model with significant gains from 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step reasoning.
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 1.0M | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.75 | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $3.75 | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash wins on 5 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.75 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $3.75 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash: yes.