# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Ornith-1.5-397B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Ornith-1.5-397B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-ornith-1-5-397b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- 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 63.95 to 62.72. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 50.7 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 56.8 for Ornith-1.5-397B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 55.1% and 65.1%.
- Ornith-1.5-397B 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 | Ornith-1.5-397B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Ornith AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 63.95 | 62.72 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #42/119)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: 56.8 (Estimated · #29/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | 86.1% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | 80% | 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 |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 71.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 52.3 (Supported · #39/144)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: 54.7 (Estimated · #34/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | 86.1% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 65.1% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| 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 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 56.0% | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | Coming soon | 13.5% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 62.8 (#20/27)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Ornith-1.5-397B | 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.8 (#6/49)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Ornith-1.5-397B | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 64 (Supported · #30/171)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: 63.3 (Estimated · #36/171)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Ornith-1.5-397B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | 92.8% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| HLE | 40.2% | 44.6% | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 44.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 84.1 (#43/125)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.5-397B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Ornith-1.5-397B | 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 Ornith-1.5-397B?

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 Ornith-1.5-397B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 50.7 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 56.8 for Ornith-1.5-397B.

### 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 Ornith-1.5-397B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-397B currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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