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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemma 3n E4b IT

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 19.9.
  • Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.137.3
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4618

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Coding14911268
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14851284
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—31.5%
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Math15051251
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Expert14881246
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Non-English14691285
LMArena Chinese15311309
LMArena French15041330
LMArena German14781311
LMArena Japanese14761272
LMArena Korean14311259
LMArena Russian14871288
LMArena Spanish14751305

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Instruction Following14661255

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Longer Query14741276

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Text14791306
LMArena Creative Writing14651287
LMArena Multi-Turn14811276
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.

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