Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Ring-2.6-1T

Gemini 3 Flash Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#40); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 26.1.
  • Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
ProviderGoogleAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index52.336.9
Released2025-12-172026-05-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked593

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
ALE-Bench1,367432.57
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
SciCode—42.4%
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
LMArena Coding1460—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
CritPt—3.7%
Chess Puzzles40%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1465—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench15%—
LMArena Math1473—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
LMArena Expert1462—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1458—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1477—
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Russian1480—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1437—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1452—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewRing-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1466—
LMArena Creative Writing1457—
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Ring-2.6-1T?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#40); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Ring-2.6-1T share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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