Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Ring-2.6-1T

Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#33); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 2 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 26.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 52.7% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 42.4% for Ring-2.6-1T.
  • Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
ProviderGoogleAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index54.136.9
Released2026-07-212026-05-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked463

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
SciCode52.7%42.4%
ALE-Bench715.52432.57
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1491—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
CritPt10.6%3.7%
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
LMArena Math1505—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1469—
LMArena Chinese1531—
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1479—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Ring-2.6-1T?

Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#33); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Ring-2.6-1T share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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