Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.6 Flash in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 94.1% for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemini 3.6 Flash specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index39.154.1
Released2025-02-052026-07-21
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$3.75
Results tracked1446

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
DeepSWE—46.7%
FrontierCode—34.4%
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1538
SciCode—52.7%
WeirdML—56.1%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1491
ALE-Bench—715.52

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
APEX-Agents—46.9%
GDP.pdf—14%

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06154.25
ARC-AGI-2—60.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—89%
ARC-AGI-1—91.2%
CritPt—10.6%
Chess Puzzles—43%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1485
Mystery Game Puzzles—30%
DTBench—95.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LMCA—44.9%
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—58.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—22%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—70.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—94.2%
ProofBench—36%
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1505
MATH Level 583.5%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond65.7%94.1%
SimpleQA Verified—66.2%
Confabulations18.4%—
LMArena Expert—1488

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision—1298
Blueprint-Bench 2—31.2%
Furniture Assembly—23.3%
LMArena Document—1456

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English—1469
LMArena Chinese—1531
LMArena French—1504
LMArena German—1478
LMArena Japanese—1476
LMArena Korean—1431
LMArena Russian—1487
LMArena Spanish—1475

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1466

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
LMArena Longer Query—1474

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text—1479
LMArena Creative Writing—1465
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1604
LMArena Multi-Turn—1481
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Gemini 3.6 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemini 3.6 Flash share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46.

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