# Devstral 2 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

> Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#33); Devstral 2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/devstral-2-vs-gemini-3-6-flash
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Devstral 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.6 Flash in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 50.0 to 33.2.
- Devstral 2 is cheaper at $0.40 / $2 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 262K.
- Devstral 2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Google |
| Noometry Index | 36.1 | 54.1 |
| Rank | — | 33 |
| Context | 262K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | $0.75 |
| Output $/M | $2 | $3.75 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Devstral 2: 33.2 (#261)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1197 | 1538 |
| DeepSWE | — | 46.7% |
| FrontierCode | — | 34.4% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 53.8% | — |
| SciCode | — | 52.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1491 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 715.52 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Devstral 2: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 46.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 14% |

## Reasoning

- Devstral 2: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 89% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 91.2% |
| CritPt | — | 10.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 43% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1485 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 30% |
| DTBench | — | 95.5% |
| LMCA | — | 44.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.25 |

## Math

- Devstral 2: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 58.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 22% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 70.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 94.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 36% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1505 |

## Knowledge

- Devstral 2: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 94.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 66.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1488 |

## Multimodal

- Devstral 2: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1298 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 31.2% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 23.3% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1456 |

## Multilingual

- Devstral 2: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1469 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1531 |
| LMArena French | — | 1504 |
| LMArena German | — | 1478 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1431 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1475 |

## Instruction Following

- Devstral 2: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1466 |

## Long Context

- Devstral 2: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1474 |

## Writing & Preference

- Devstral 2: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1479 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1465 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1604 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1481 |

## FAQ

### Is Devstral 2 better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#33); Devstral 2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Which is cheaper, Devstral 2 or Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Devstral 2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

### Is Devstral 2 or Gemini 3.6 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Devstral 2 and Gemini 3.6 Flash share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Devstral 2 has 2 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46.