# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Pareto 26.9

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Pareto 26.9 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-pareto-26-9
- Last updated: September 18, 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 Pareto 26.9 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 larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Pareto 26.9 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Unbiased |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | N/A |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 68.42 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $2.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 52.3 (Estimated · #42/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 51.00% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #27/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 49.0% | 74.0% | Pareto 26.9 |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 76 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 67.8 (Supported · #18/184)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 49% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 3.6 Flash and Pareto 26.9?

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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- [Pareto 26.9 vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-pareto-26-9)
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- [Pareto 26.9 vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-pareto-26-9)

## Explore More

- [Gemini 3.6 Flash profile](/models/gemini-3-6-flash)
- [Pareto 26.9 profile](/models/pareto-26-9)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)