Gemini 4 Argon → https://g.dev/ai/gemini-about
Google Gemini models → https://g.dev/ai/gemini-models-docs
Builders → https://g.dev/ai/builder-member-awards
Which Gemini model should developers actually use? While "auto" mode and formal evaluations (evals) are great for production routing, sometimes you just want to build an intuition for when a fast, lightweight model gets the job done, and when you need frontier reasoning to take your project to the next level.
Recorded on-site at Moffett Hangar during Gemini at Work, Luke Schlangen and Mollie Pettit team up with fellow Googlers Jeff Nelson and Gabe Weiss to put Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, Gemini 3.8 Flash, and Gemini 4 Argon to the test.
Watch as they run real world mini-evals across four creative developer challenges:
* Live coding music with Strudel.cc.
* Generating Mermaid.js architecture diagrams from video transcripts.
* Automating code-based video editing with HyperFrames.
* Transcribing a folks song into playable mandolin sheet music (and then playing it!).
Chapters:
0:00 – Auto mode, evaluations, and something in between.
2:23 – Planning diagram tests with Mollie
4:07 – Challenge 1: Text-based music generation (Strudel.cc)
5:06 – Music generation results: Flash-Lite vs. Flash vs. Argon
7:05 – Challenge 2: Generating Mermaid diagrams from a video
7:24 – Diagram results: Flash-Lite vs. Flash vs. Argon
12:54 – Challenge 3: Automated video editing & overlays with Jeff
14:41 – Video editing results: Flash-Lite vs. Flash vs. Argon
15:50 – Challenge 4: Transcribing audio to mandolin sheet music with Gabe
17:20 – Sheet music results: Flash-Lite vs. Flash vs. Argon
22:23 – Recap & key takeaways on choosing the right model
More resources:
Learn more about Gemini 3.8 Flash → https://g.dev/ai/gemini-models-38flash-cyber
What exactly is an Agent Harness? (Short) → https://g.dev/ai/youtube-agent-harness
Watch more The Agent Factory → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIivdWyY5sqLXR1eSkiM5bE6pFlXC-OSs
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Speakers: Luke Schlangen, Mollie Pettit, Jeff Nelson, Gabe Weiss
Products Mentioned: Gemini, Gemini 4 Argon, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, Google Antigravity
