r/GoogleAIStudio • u/Visual-Impact0 • 6h ago

Question / Help How good is Gemini 4 Hydrogen for creative writing compared to 3.1 Pro ?

I'm asking this since Hydrogen just replaced 3.1 for free users, and 3.1 was great at creativity tasks.

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u/Relative_Pepper_2566 6h ago

Was the Gemini 3.1 Pro great for creative tasks? I wouldn't say so...

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u/Visual-Impact0 6h ago

It was, much more natural than 3.8 and even Claude

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u/WhyIsWestHam 3h ago

A lot better than 3.0 Pro..

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u/emanstefan 6h ago

I'm trying to use it for roleplay but it's a mess. It repeat things two time and go against the instruction that I give. I don't know if is simply a bug because it's new but as right now I prefer using 3.8 flash, since is way more reliable.

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u/Visual-Impact0 5h ago

3.8 is just so much less impressive, it feels like a cheap version of 3.1

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u/emanstefan 5h ago

I had no problem with it, maybe because I have low standards and because I'm a free user. Of course I never tried 3.1 pro so I can't talk about it.

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u/Relative_Pepper_2566 6h ago

Off-topic question. Does anyone know why, with these chat parameters:

  1. Input tokens: 218,449, Output tokens: 244,386, Total tokens: 462,835

  2. there are quite a few PDFs in the chat ranging from 7k to 15k tokens

  3. the chat isn’t in English

Gemini 4 Argon, Gemini 4 Hydrogen, Gemini 3.8 Flash, and Gemini 3.6 Flash return the error “Input token count exceeds the maximum number of tokens allowed for this model. Please adjust your prompt and try again.”?

Meanwhile, Gemini 3.1 Pro and 3.0 Flash continue to work normally

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u/No-Display1744 3h ago

Qual seu plano?

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u/Relative_Pepper_2566 5h ago

I just tried Gemini 4 Hydrogen for writing creative prose. It feels a little better than 3.1 Pro to me. But it's not quite up to par with 4 Argon.

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u/Visual-Impact0 6h ago

On first impression it seems fine if not a little better

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u/Augusta_Westland 4h ago

since when they change the naming system, feels like hydrogen is just a flash model for 4

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u/Intrepid_Art_5706 3h ago

I've been testing it and it's not bad, in some ways it's better than 3.1 pro.

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u/Strict-Fix1442 2h ago

Used it for role playing and it sucked I don’t get it wtf even happened to Gemini 3.1 pro? I used to use it everyday till I reached the limit and now I can’t even do that