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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Palm 2

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 68.2 to 25.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.130.0
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4610

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Coding1491994
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), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14851005
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
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), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Math15051049
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Non-English1469916
LMArena Chinese1531887
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), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14661010

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query14741010

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashPalm 2
LMArena Text14791027
LMArena Creative Writing1465991
LMArena Multi-Turn1481994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Palm 2?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Palm 2 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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