Gemini 3.6 Flash launch post cover

Cost/1M tokens

input
$0.75
cached
$0.075
output
$3.75
cache write
$0.0417
Context
1Mtokens
Released
3mo ago

Benchmarks

DeepSWE is the primary coding benchmark where an exact model evaluation exists. Arena leaderboards and other sourced evaluations appear below; missing scores are not zero.

How it ranks

Against its predecessor, similarly priced models and the models ranked around it.

DeepSWE 1.1

Best pass@1 per model · Higher is better

#23 of 28

Arena Text

Best Arena rating per model · Higher is better

Arena #25

  1. 1484
    Qwen3.8 MaxNearby rank
  2. 1483
    Kimi K3.1 ProNearby rank
  3. 1483
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  4. 1483
    GLM 5.3Nearby rank
  5. 1482
    GPT-6.1 SolNearby rank
  6. 1478
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  7. 1457
    GLM 5Similar price
  8. 1448
    Step 5 PreviewSimilar price
  9. 1442
    Grok 4.3Similar price
  10. 1290
    Nova Pro 1.0Similar price

Level with Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor, overlapping 95% CIs) · Ahead of 4 of 4 similarly priced models

Arena WebDev

Best Arena rating per model · Higher is better

Arena #55

  1. 1573
    Step 5 PreviewSimilar price
  2. 1541
    Muse Spark 1.1Nearby rank
  3. 1539
    Claude Sonnet 5Nearby rank
  4. 1538
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  5. 1534
    Muse Spark 1.2Nearby rank
  6. 1526
    Muse Spark OpenNearby rank
  7. 1500
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  8. 1435
    GLM 5Similar price
  9. 1400
    Qwen3.5 397B A17BSimilar price
  10. 1357
    Grok 4.3Similar price

+38 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor) · Ahead of 3 of 4 similarly priced models

Arena Vision

Best Arena rating per model · Higher is better

Arena #28

  1. 1281
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  2. 1280
    Grok 4.5Nearby rank
  3. 1280
  4. 1280
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  5. 1279
    Muse Spark 1.1Nearby rank
  6. 1278
    GPT-5.2 ChatNearby rank
  7. 1246
    Qwen3.5 397B A17BSimilar price
  8. 1245
    Step 5 PreviewSimilar price
  9. 1242
    Grok 4.3Similar price
  10. 1019
    Nova Pro 1.0Similar price

Level with Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor, overlapping 95% CIs) · Ahead of 4 of 4 similarly priced models

Arena Search

Best Arena rating per model · Higher is better

Not ranked on Arena Search yet

Arena Document

Best Arena rating per model · Higher is better

Arena #30

  1. 1480
    Muse Spark 1.1Similar price
  2. 1459
  3. 1459
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  4. 1454
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  5. 1452
    Gemma 4 31BNearby rank
  6. 1451
  7. 1450
    Kimi K2.6Similar price
  8. 1419
    Claude Haiku 4.5Similar price
  9. 1406
    GLM 5V TurboSimilar price

Level with Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor, overlapping 95% CIs) · Ahead of 2 of 4 similarly priced models

Agent Arena

Best IPS score per model · Higher is better

Not ranked on Agent Arena yet

ARC-AGI-2

Best score per model · Higher is better

#36 of 85

  1. 72.1%
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  2. 65.1%
    Grok 4.20Similar price
  3. 61.3%
  4. 60.4%
  5. 60.4%
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  6. 60.4%
    Kimi K3Nearby rank
  7. 59.5%
    GPT-5.6 LunaNearby rank
  8. 36.5%
    InklingSimilar price
  9. 18.9%
    GPT-5.4 MiniSimilar price
  10. 4.9%
    GLM 5Similar price

-11.7 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor) · Ahead of 3 of 4 similarly priced models

FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private

Best score per model · Higher is better

#47 of 72

  1. 29.3%
    GLM 5.2Similar price
  2. 26.8%
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  3. 25.6%
    Kimi K2.6Similar price
  4. 24.4%
  5. 24.4%
    Grok 4.5Nearby rank
  6. 22.0%
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  7. 22.0%
    Gemini 3.8 FlashNearby rank
  8. 22.0%
    GPT-5Nearby rank
  9. 14.6%
    Grok 4.3Similar price
  10. 9.8%
    GPT-5.4 MiniSimilar price

-4.9 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor) · Ahead of 2 of 4 similarly priced models

FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private

Best score per model · Higher is better

#43 of 87

  1. 62.8%
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  2. 59.6%
  3. 59.2%
    GLM 5.2Nearby rank
  4. 58.9%
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  5. 58.6%
    Mistral Large 4Nearby rank
  6. 57.5%
  7. 57.2%
    Kimi K2.6Similar price
  8. 51.2%
    GPT-5.4 MiniSimilar price
  9. 42.8%
    Grok 4.3Similar price
  10. 31.2%
    Qwen3.5 397B A17BSimilar price

-3.9 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor) · Ahead of 4 of 4 similarly priced models

GPQA diamond

Best score per model · Higher is better

#12 of 161

  1. 94.3%
    GPT-6 SolNearby rank
  2. 94.3%
    GPT-6.1 TerraNearby rank
  3. 94.1%
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  4. 94.0%
    Grok 4.6Nearby rank
  5. 93.9%
    Claude Fable 5.2Nearby rank
  6. 92.8%
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  7. 90.8%
    Kimi K2.6Similar price
  8. 88.8%
    Grok 4.3Similar price
  9. 87.8%
    GLM 5Similar price
  10. 86.4%
    Qwen3.5 397B A17BSimilar price

+1.3 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor) · Ahead of 4 of 4 similarly priced models

OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025

Best score per model · Higher is better

#45 of 158

  1. 96.1%
    Kimi K2.6Similar price
  2. 95.6%
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  3. 94.4%
    Claude Opus 4.6Nearby rank
  4. 94.4%
  5. 94.2%
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  6. 93.9%
    GLM 5.3 FlashNearby rank
  7. 93.3%
    Qwen3.6 PlusNearby rank
  8. 93.3%
    Grok 4.3Similar price
  9. 88.9%
    Qwen3.5 397B A17BSimilar price
  10. 80.0%
    GLM 5Similar price

-1.4 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor) · Ahead of 3 of 4 similarly priced models

SimpleQA Verified

Best score per model · Higher is better

#14 of 87

  1. 66.8%
  2. 66.2%
    Gemini 3.5 FlashPredecessor
  3. 66.2%
    Gemini 3.6 Flash
  4. 63.0%
    GPT-5.5Nearby rank
  5. 60.7%
    GPT-6 SolNearby rank
  6. 34.9%
    Kimi K2.6Similar price
  7. 34.2%
    GLM 5.2Similar price
  8. 33.2%
    Grok 4.3Similar price
  9. 29.4%
    GPT-5.4 MiniSimilar price

Level with Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor) · Ahead of 4 of 4 similarly priced models

DeepSWE 1.1

Primary coding-agent benchmark · 113 tasks · Data generated 2026-09-22

Official leaderboard
46.7%
pass@1 · highest published configuration
mini-swe-agent · high reasoning
pass@4
75.2%
Average cost / attempt
$4.42
Benchmark runs
4

pass@1 is the success rate across scored attempts; pass@4 is the share of tasks solved in at least one of four attempts. Costs are reported by DeepSWE for each configuration. These results are not directly comparable to evaluations using different harnesses. Official source JSON.

Reasoning effort

ARC-AGI-2

Score by reasoning effort · Higher is better

GPQA diamond

Score by reasoning effort · Higher is better

OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025

Score by reasoning effort · Higher is better

All published scores

  • Arena TextArena #251483

    Level with Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor, overlapping 95% CIs)

    • high148395% CI 1478 to 1487 · 35,405 votes
  • Arena WebDevArena #551538

    +38 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor)

    • high153895% CI 1530 to 1545 · 8,524 votes
  • Arena VisionArena #281280

    Level with Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor, overlapping 95% CIs)

    • high128095% CI 1272 to 1287 · 10,352 votes
  • Arena DocumentArena #301454

    Level with Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor, overlapping 95% CIs)

    • high145495% CI 1443 to 1465 · 3,031 votes
  • ARC-AGI-2#36 of 8560.4%

    -11.7 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor)

    • minimal2.6%
    • low30.4%
    • medium50.4%
    • high60.4%
    Source:External evaluation via Epoch AIOriginal-source terms apply
  • FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private#47 of 7222.0%

    -4.9 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor)

    • high22.0%
  • FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private#43 of 8758.9%

    -3.9 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor)

    • high58.9%
  • GPQA diamond#12 of 16194.1%

    +1.3 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor)

    • minimal85.9%
    • low86.4%
    • high94.1%
  • OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025#45 of 15894.2%

    -1.4 pts vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor)

    • minimal80.0%
    • low82.2%
    • high94.2%
  • SimpleQA Verified#14 of 8766.2%

    Level with Gemini 3.5 Flash (predecessor)

    • high66.2%

Benchmark compilation: Epoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (CC BY attribution). Scores are converted to percentages and model names matched to the Vertical Tabs catalog. Individual evaluations are credited to their original sources. External results may carry separate licences and evaluation configurations; do not interpret scores from different harnesses as directly comparable.

Arena ratings: Arena (lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset), licensed CC BY 4.0. Ratings come from pairwise human votes and are only comparable within one leaderboard; the interval is Arena's 95% confidence interval. Model names are matched to the Vertical Tabs catalog.

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