Which model should I use? | The Agent Factory
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 🔔 Subscribe to Google Cloud Tech → https://goo.gle/GoogleCloudTech #GoogleCloud #Gemini #GeminiAtWork #Gemini4Argon #GeminiFlash #AIAgents #GenerativeAI 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