Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS
Google Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS API pricing
Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS costs $0.200 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens on Oxyy. These are the pay-as-you-go prices after the current 60% discount (Launch Promo; standard price $0.500 input and $6.00 output), and cached input tokens are billed at $0.050 per million. It takes text as input and returns audio. At a typical 3:1 input-to-output token mix, a cheaper Google option is Gemini 2.5 Pro TTS at $0.400 per 1M tokens; for every model and rate, see Gemini API pricing.
Providers
Where this model runs, and what each route costs. Requests are sent to a healthy provider automatically; if one errors, the gateway retries against another serving the same model.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Latency | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.200 | $2.40 | $0.050 | 1.95s | — |
Capabilities (6)
Supported parameters (4)
Any other parameter you send is ignored rather than rejected.
Pricing
What this model costs on Oxyy, pay as you go. "Charged" is the rate a request is billed at; the standard price is shown beside it for reference.
| Rate | Standard price | Charged | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.500 | $0.200 | per 1M input tokens |
| Output | $6.00 | $2.40 | per 1M output tokens |
| Cached input | $0.125 | $0.050 | per 1M cached input tokens |
| Cache storage | $0.500 | $0.200 | per 1M tokens per hour stored |
Discount. Charged rates include the current "Launch Promo" discount of 60% on every rate.
Specifications
- Model ID
gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts- Developer
- Type
- Text to speech
- Input
- Text
- Output
- Audio
- Released
- Sep 23, 2026
- Tokenizer
- Gemini
- Series
- Gemini 3.8
- Endpoint
/v1/audio/speech
Best for
Quickstart
Call gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts with a POST to /v1/audio/speech on https://api.oxyy.ai, using your Oxyy API key from the OXYY_API_KEY environment variable. The same key works for every model in the catalog.
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.oxyy.ai/v1",
api_key=os.environ["OXYY_API_KEY"],
)
with client.audio.speech.with_streaming_response.create(
model="gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts",
voice="alloy",
input="Hello from Oxyy.",
response_format="mp3",
) as response:
response.stream_to_file("speech.mp3")Performance
Throughput is how fast the model writes (tokens per second — higher is better). Latency is total round-trip time (lower is better). TTFT is time-to-first-token — how long before you see anything appear (lower is better). Throughput and TTFT are measured on streaming requests, which are the only ones with a first-token moment to time.
Throughput
Latency
Time to first token
Cache hit rate
Availability
The share of requests to this model that completed successfully over the last 30 days. When an upstream provider errors, the gateway retries against another provider serving the same model, so a single provider incident does not necessarily show up here.
Days are UTC days. Days with no completed requests are omitted rather than drawn at 100% — no traffic is not evidence of availability.
Activity
Token volume and request traffic to this model over time. Daily totals, UTC.
Prompt tokens measure input size. Reasoning tokens show internal thinking before a response. Completion tokens reflect total output length. Reasoning is not priced separately for this model, so it is not itemised here.
Frequently asked questions
What is Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS?
How much does Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS cost?
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What inputs and outputs does Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS support?
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What other models does Google have?
Alternatives to Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS
Models of the same kind from other vendors, closest in price first. Prices are pay-as-you-go on Oxyy, through the same API key.