# dots3-note Preview vs Gemini 3.7 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and Gemini 3.7 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-gemini-3-7-flash
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash leads overall 67.53 to 62.64.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 67.2 for dots3-note Preview and 83.6 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 75.1% and 85.8%.
- dots3-note Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.7 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | Google |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 512K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 62.64 | 67.53 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.75 / $3.75 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 56.4 (Estimated · #28/117)
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 57.9 (Supported · #23/117)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 85.8% | Gemini 3.7 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 14.9% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 30.4% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 16% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 59.4 (Supported · #20/142)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 85.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 65.3% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 20.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 72.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 77.9 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | 84.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MRCR v2 64K-128K | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 95.50% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 67.2 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 83.6 (#10/50)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | 84.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| 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 | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 71 (Supported · #11/168)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | Coming soon | 43.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 85.2 (#37/124)
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or Gemini 3.7 Flash?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and Gemini 3.7 Flash?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 67.2 for dots3-note Preview and 83.6 for Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.7 Flash currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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