Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Nova Premier 1.0

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

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Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Nova Premier 1.0 Amazon

38.3

Rank #189 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 23.0.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Nova Premier 1.0 specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
ProviderGoogleAmazon
Noometry Index54.138.3
Released2026-07-212025-04-30
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K10K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$12.50
Results tracked466

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1491—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—44.8%
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
Omni-MATH—35%
LMArena Math1505—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU-Pro—72.6%
GPQA (HELM)—51.8%
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Non-English1469—
LMArena Chinese1531—
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
IFEval—80.3%
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Text1479—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
WildBench—78.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Nova Premier 1.0?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Nova Premier 1.0?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Nova Premier 1.0 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.

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