# dots3-note Preview vs Gemini 3.5 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-gemini-3-5-flash
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. dots3-note Preview only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.5 Flash leads overall 63.41 to 62.64.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 67.2 for dots3-note Preview and 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 52.6% and 40.2%.
- dots3-note Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | Google |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 512K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 62.64 | 63.41 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.50 / $9.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 56.4 (Estimated · #28/117)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.5 (Supported · #38/117)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 76.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 56.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 61.85% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 52.3 (Supported · #36/142)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 76.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | 55.1% | dots3-note Preview |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 48.68% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 49.8% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 48.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 72.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 62.8 (#19/27)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | 72.1% | dots3-note Preview |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 77.3% | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | Coming soon | 26.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 67.2 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.8 (#6/50)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | 83.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MathVision | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | Coming soon | 33.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 64.4 (Supported · #27/168)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | 40.2% | dots3-note Preview |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 85.2 (#37/124)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 84.1 (#43/124)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 38.966% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 14.583% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or Gemini 3.5 Flash?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 67.2 for dots3-note Preview and 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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