# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs GPT-5.6 Terra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and GPT-5.6 Terra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-lite-vs-gpt-5-6-terra
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Terra if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.6 Terra leads overall 71.44 to 60.5.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 43.6 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 67.2 for GPT-5.6 Terra.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 54% and 87.4%.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.6 Terra also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-5.6 Terra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Overall Score | 60.5 | 71.44 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 31 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $2.50 / $15.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.4 (Estimated · #104/151)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #22/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54% | 87.4% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| OSWorld-Verified | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | 77.5% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 20.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 50.2% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 23.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 53.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Terra
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #121/183)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 67.2 (Supported · #9/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54.0% | 87.4% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.2% | 63.4% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.0% | 85.9% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | 95.4% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 69.6% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | Coming soon | 55.8% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 64.9% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 76.1 (#16/48)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 76.2 (#15/48)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 80.7% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 82% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 63.4 (#16/22)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.6 Terra
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #71/181)
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 69.6 (Supported · #15/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | 90.9% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | 86.7% | GPT-5.6 Terra |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | Coming soon | 51.1% | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 57.7% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 32.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 86.8 (#35/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.6 Terra public-lane score: 97 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | GPT-5.6 Terra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 84.900% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 68.300% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or GPT-5.6 Terra?

GPT-5.6 Terra is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and GPT-5.6 Terra?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 43.6 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 67.2 for GPT-5.6 Terra.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.6 Terra cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.6 Terra currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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