Model comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Head-to-head evidence from 16 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Evidence parity. Gemini 3.6 Flash and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B share 16 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 3 results are unique to Gemini 3.6 Flash; 9 to Mistral Medium 3.5 128B.
Updated July 21, 2026- Shared results
- 16
- Gemini 3.6 Flash only
- 3
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B only
- 9
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 16 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Gemini 3.6 Flash has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Δ | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Gemini 3.6 Flash83.0 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Medium 3.5 128BNot measured |
| Coding | Gemini 3.6 FlashNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B77.6 |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Gemini 3.6 Flash$1.5 input / $7.5 output | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B$1.5 input / $7.5 output | Listed prices are equal. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Gemini 3.6 FlashNot available | Mistral Medium 3.5 128BNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Gemini 3.6 FlashNot available | Mistral Medium 3.5 128BNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Gemini 3.6 Flash1M | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B256K | Gemini 3.6 Flash lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic13 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSWorld-VerifiedSource | 83% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 1421 | 929 | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 38.7% | 19.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 46.1% | 21.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| AA BriefcaseSource | 961 | 506 | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| AA Tau3 BankingSource | 24.5% | 14.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| aaTerminalBench21Source | 77.5% | — | Not comparable |
| τ³-bench resultsSource | — | 91.4% | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | — | 94.2% | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | — | 39.10% | Not comparable |
| AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource | — | 33.7% | Not comparable |
| AA Harvey LABSource | — | 69.1% | Not comparable |
| terminalBenchHardSource | — | 33.3% | Not comparable |
Coding4 benchmarks
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge7 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 50.1% | 29.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 92.8% | 74.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| AA-HLESource | 38.3% | 12.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 23.5% | -36.3% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 50.2% | 25.1% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 53.5% | 82.0% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
| AA Openness IndexSource | — | 33.3% | Not comparable |
Multimodal1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 83.2% | 64.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash leads |
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | — | 68.8% | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Gemini 3.6 Flash and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B today?
Gemini 3.6 Flash: $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens Mistral Medium 3.5 128B: $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
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