Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 54.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 45× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.8

Rank #16 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 1 category and GPT-5.4 Pro in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 72.0 to 57.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 22% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 58.5% for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.4 Pro specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index54.158.8
Released2026-07-212026-03-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$30
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$180
Results tracked4616

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), GPT-5.4 Pro: 42.6 (#89)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
WeirdML56.1%57.4%
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1536—
SciCode52.7%—
LMArena Coding1492—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), GPT-5.4 Pro: 71.0 (#10)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
ARC-AGI-260.4%83.3%
ARC-AGI-191.2%94.5%
CritPt10.6%30%
Chess Puzzles43%58.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36159.12
SimpleBench—74.1%
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
EnigmaEval—23.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1486—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.0 (#17)

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#6)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
GPQA Diamond94.1%94.6%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%46.3%
Humanity's Last Exam—44.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.3%
LMArena Expert1489—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Non-English1470—
LMArena Chinese1530—
LMArena French1501—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1477—
LMArena Korean1435—
LMArena Russian1490—
LMArena Spanish1477—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following1467—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Text1478—
LMArena Creative Writing1464—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GPT-5.4 Pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 54.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 45× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GPT-5.4 Pro?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or GPT-5.4 Pro better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 42.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.4 Pro share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 Pro has 16.

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