# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs LFM3-1.7B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and LFM3-1.7B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-lfm3-1-7b
- Last updated: October 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Gemini 3.5 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 3.5 Flash has the higher overall point estimate 62.18 to 22.99. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 65.6 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 25.5 for LFM3-1.7B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 76.2% and 12.9%.
- LFM3-1.7B 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 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LFM3-1.7B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | LiquidAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 62.18 | 22.99 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 51.8 (Supported · #50/134)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 14.4 (Estimated · #123/134)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | 12.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | 32.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 41.3% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 68.0% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 38.4% | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | Coming soon | 80.36% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 68.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 13.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveClaw | Coming soon | 45.60% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.5 (Supported · #45/155)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 13 (Estimated · #142/155)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | 12.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| 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 |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 28.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 23% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 31.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 70.9 (#15/26)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LFM3-1.7B | 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 |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 92.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RULER (128K) | Coming soon | 65.56% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.4 (#11/58)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ExtractBench (LlamaIndex) | 79.84% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ParseBench | 73.36% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 65.6 (Supported · #32/189)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #175/189)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | 63.4% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| HLE | 40.2% | 7.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.7 (#39/156)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/156)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| Multi-IF | Coming soon | 89.10% | Coming soon |
| IFStruct | Coming soon | 93.72% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 67.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 62.807% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 26.829% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash or LFM3-1.7B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash and LFM3-1.7B?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 65.6 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 25.5 for LFM3-1.7B.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does LFM3-1.7B cover on BenchLM?

LFM3-1.7B currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-gemini-3-5-flash-cyber)
- [LFM3-1.7B vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-cyber-vs-lfm3-1-7b)
- [Gemini 3.5 Flash vs LFM3-1.7B-Base](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-lfm3-1-7b-base)
- [LFM3-1.7B vs LFM3-1.7B-Base](/compare/lfm3-1-7b-vs-lfm3-1-7b-base)

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