Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs WizardLM-2 8x22B

Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#30); WizardLM-2 8x22B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

WizardLM-2 8x22B Microsoft

30.7

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 2 categories and WizardLM-2 8x22B in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 23.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 94.1% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 43.4% for WizardLM-2 8x22B.
  • WizardLM-2 8x22B is cheaper at $0.62 / $0.62 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 66K.
  • WizardLM-2 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and WizardLM-2 8x22B specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index54.130.7
Released2026-07-212024-04-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M66K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.62
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.62
Results tracked462

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1536—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1492—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1486—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), WizardLM-2 8x22B: 26.8

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
LMArena Math1504—
MATH Level 5—25.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), WizardLM-2 8x22B: 23.3

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
GPQA Diamond94.1%43.4%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1489—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
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), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following1467—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashWizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Text1478—
LMArena Creative Writing1464—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than WizardLM-2 8x22B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#30); WizardLM-2 8x22B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or WizardLM-2 8x22B?

WizardLM-2 8x22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.62 per million input tokens and $0.62 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and WizardLM-2 8x22B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and WizardLM-2 8x22B has 2.

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