# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemini 3.6 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.5 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.6 Flash leads overall 70.11 to 70.01.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 60.3 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 77.8 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is cursorBench32 in Coding, with scores of 48.8% and 53.5%.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 70.01 | 70.11 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $1.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Tie
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.6 (Supported · #61/151)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #60/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | 83% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | 73.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 57.7 (Supported · #34/183)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #30/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 48.8% | 53.5% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | 88.1% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | 79.6% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 49% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 85.9 (#6/48)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 60.3 (#17/22)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | 26.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Tie
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 68.5 (Supported · #19/181)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 68.6 (Supported · #18/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 40.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | 93.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | 89.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 86.9 (#34/120)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.583% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemini 3.6 Flash?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 60.3 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 77.8 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.6 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.6 Flash currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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