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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Ring-2.6-1T

Gemini 3.8 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#13); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

59.5

Rank #13 Confirmed

Ring-2.6-1T Ant Group (inclusionAI)

36.3

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash leads 64.7 to 25.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 18.3% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.7% for Ring-2.6-1T.
  • Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
ProviderGoogleAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index59.536.3
Released2026-09-022026-05-14
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 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.1

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
SciCode56.6%42.4%
ALE-Bench1,270432.57
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
LMArena Coding1512—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
APEX-Agents64.3%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13), Ring-2.6-1T: 25.3

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
CritPt18.3%3.7%
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1506—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.13—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—
LMArena Math1528—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1529—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1312—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1486—
LMArena Chinese1547—
LMArena French1502—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1505—
LMArena Korean1479—
LMArena Russian1507—
LMArena Spanish1492—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1489—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1506—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16), Ring-2.6-1T: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1494—
LMArena Creative Writing1485—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
LMArena Multi-Turn1503—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Ring-2.6-1T?

Gemini 3.8 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#13); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Ring-2.6-1T share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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