# dots3-note Preview vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and Gemini 3.8 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-gemini-3-8-flash
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Gemini 3.8 Flash leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.8 Flash has the higher overall point estimate 69.25 to 63.78. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 79.6 for dots3-note Preview and 87.3 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 75.1% and 89.4%.
- dots3-note Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | Google |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 512K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 63.78 | 69.25 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 31 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.75 / $3.75 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 59.1 (Estimated · #30/128)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 65.9 (Supported · #16/128)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 89.4% | Gemini 3.8 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 |
| Finance Agent v2 | Coming soon | 61.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 19.10% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 24% | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | Coming soon | 38.1% | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | Coming soon | 62.2% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #17/150)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 89.4% | Gemini 3.8 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 |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 19.6% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | Coming soon | 39.6% | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 18.0 fixes | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 76.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 74.3 (#17/28)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | 89.2% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 98.50% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 10.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 87.3 (#9/54)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.8 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% | 86.2% | Gemini 3.8 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 |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (Supported · #13/184)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | Coming soon | 54.9% | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | Coming soon | 56.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 94.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 89.1 (#32/148)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | Coming soon | 5.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 69.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 68.421% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 21.951% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and Gemini 3.8 Flash?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 79.6 for dots3-note Preview and 87.3 for Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.8 Flash currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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