# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-5.3 Codex

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.3 Codex across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.3 Codex share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash has the lower published output-token price.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 400K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 70.11 | 65.22 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $1.75 / $14.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #60/151)
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 62.3 (Estimated · #19/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5.3 Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | 64.7% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 77.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 57.47% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #30/183)
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 62.7 (Supported · #16/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5.3 Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| deepSwe | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 58.2% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 61.77% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 77.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 68.6 (Supported · #18/181)
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 66.3 (Estimated · #22/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5.3 Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 92.3 (#15/120)

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.3 Codex?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Gemini 3.6 Flash profile](/models/gemini-3-6-flash)
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