Model comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-5
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 50.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and GPT-5 in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where GPT-5 leads 69.5 to 45.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 60.4% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 9.9% for GPT-5.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Noometry Index | 54.1 | 50.9 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2025-08-07 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 400K |
| Max output | 66K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.75 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.75 | $10 |
| Results tracked | 46 | 69 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), GPT-5: 50.3 (#47)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1538 | 1418 |
| SciCode | 52.7% | 42.9% |
| WeirdML | 56.1% | 60.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1491 | 1436 |
| ALE-Bench | 715.52 | 1,162 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 73.6% |
| DeepSWE | 46.7% | — |
| FrontierCode | 34.4% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 65% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 88% |
| GSO | — | 6.9% |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.67 |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), GPT-5: 33.1 (#56)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 49.6% |
| APEX-Agents | 46.9% | — |
| GDPval | — | 34.8% |
| Remote Labor Index | — | 1.7% |
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 49.6% |
| BALROG | — | 32.8% |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
| LMArena Search | — | 1133 |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 69.6% |
Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), GPT-5: 38.3 (#64)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | 9.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91.2% | 65.7% |
| CritPt | 10.6% | 12.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | 43% | 37% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1485 | 1416 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 30% | 23% |
| DTBench | 95.5% | 90.7% |
| LMCA | 44.9% | 40% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.25 | 150 |
| SimpleBench | — | 56.7% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 10.5% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 12.7% |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.4 |
Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), GPT-5: 55.0 (#44)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 58.9% | 55.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 22% | 22% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 94.2% | 91.4% |
| ProofBench | 36% | 18% |
| LMArena Math | 1505 | 1407 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 70.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 64.7% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 98.1% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 32.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 12.5% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), GPT-5: 56.6 (#43)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.1% | 86.2% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% | 50.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1488 | 1419 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 25.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 86.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 10.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 79.2% |
Multimodal GPT-5 leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), GPT-5: 46.8 (#13)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1298 | 1232 |
| GeoBench | — | 81% |
| VPCT | — | 66% |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 31.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 23.3% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1456 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), GPT-5: 51.4 (#110)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1469 | 1397 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1531 | 1422 |
| LMArena French | 1504 | 1410 |
| LMArena German | 1478 | 1416 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1476 | 1409 |
| LMArena Korean | 1431 | 1360 |
| LMArena Russian | 1487 | 1406 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1475 | 1399 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), GPT-5: 73.8 (#113)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1466 | 1388 |
| IFEval | — | 87.5% |
Long Context GPT-5 leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), GPT-5: 69.5 (#2)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1474 | 1399 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 97.2% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), GPT-5: 63.4 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1479 | 1406 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | 1365 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1604 | 1627 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1481 | 1426 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 86% |
| WildBench | — | 85.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GPT-5?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 50.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GPT-5?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GPT-5 lists at $1.25 and $10.
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or GPT-5 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (50.0 vs 50.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5 share?
37 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5 has 69.