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Gemini 3.6 FlashvsGemini 3.5 Flash

Across 8 shared benchmarks, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads overall: Gemini 3.6 Flash wins 8, Gemini 3.5 Flash wins 0, with 0 ties and an average score difference of +18.76.

Google Deep Mind
Gemini 3.6 Flash

Google Deep Mind · 2026-07-21 · Multimodal model

Google Deep Mind
Gemini 3.5 Flash

Google Deep Mind · 2026-06-20 · Multimodal model

Gemini 3.6 Flash8 wins(100%)(0%)0 winsGemini 3.5 Flash

Benchmark scores

Grouped by capability, sorted by largest gap within each. 8 shared benchmarks.

AI Agent - Tool Usage

Gemini 3.6 Flash 3/3
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.5 FlashDiff
MLE-Bench63.901 / 3Thinking (With Tools)49.702 / 3Thinking (With Tools)+14.20
OSWorld-Verified833 / 23Thinking (With Tools)78.408 / 23Thinking High (With Tools)+4.60
TerminalBench 2.17813 / 27Thinking (With Tools)76.2014 / 27Thinking High (With Tools)+1.80

Coding and Software Engineer

Gemini 3.6 Flash 2/2
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.5 FlashDiff
DeepSWE4912 / 18Thinking (With Tools)3714 / 18Thinking Medium (With Tools)+12
SWE-Bench Pro - Public58.7011 / 53Thinking (With Tools)55.1027 / 53Thinking High (With Tools)+3.60

Long Context

Gemini 3.6 Flash 2/2
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.5 FlashDiff
GDM-MRCR v2 (8-needle, 1M)541 / 3Thinking (No Tools)26.602 / 3Thinking (No Tools)+27.40
GDM-MRCR v2 (8-needle, 128K)91.801 / 3Thinking (No Tools)77.303 / 3Thinking (No Tools)+14.50

Productivity Knowledge

Gemini 3.6 Flash 1/1
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.5 FlashDiff
GDPval-AA v21,4212 / 4Thinking (No Tools)1,3493 / 4Thinking (No Tools)+72

Specs

FieldGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.5 Flash
PublisherGoogle Deep MindGoogle Deep Mind
Release date2026-07-212026-06-20
Model typeMultimodal modelMultimodal model
ArchitectureDenseDense
ParametersNot availableNot available
Context length1M1M
Max output64K64K

API pricing

Prices use DataLearner records when available; missing fields are not inferred.

ItemGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.5 Flash
Text input$1.5 / 1M tokens$1.5 / 1M tokens
Text output$7.5 / 1M tokens$9 / 1M tokens
Cache read$0.15 / 1M tokens$0.15 / 1M tokens

Summary

  • Gemini 3.6 Flashleads in:AI Agent - Tool Usage (3/3), Coding and Software Engineer (2/2), Long Context (2/2), Productivity Knowledge (1/1)

On average across the 8 shared benchmarks, Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 18.76 higher.

Largest single-benchmark gap: GDPval-AA v2 — Gemini 3.6 Flash 1,421 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash 1,349 (+72).

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