Gemini 3.6 Flash
Made by Google DeepMind, released 21 Jul 2026. Epoch AI lists its access as “API access”. Appears strongest at knowledge and writing among the models listed here.
In short
What it does well
- Knowledge: Top tier (10th of 43 listed models)
- Writing: Top tier (16th of 77 listed models)
- Coding: Strong (30th of 77 listed models)
Where it falls short
- Maths: Middle (30th of 43 listed models)
What we don't know yet
- Fixing real software bugs: Not enough data
The four ratings
- Top tier
- Strong
- Middle
- Behind the leaders
- Not enough data
Ratings compare only the 77 models listed here, in quarters, best first. “Not enough data” means no result yet. It is never a low score.
- Writing
- Top tierHow often people preferred its answers to writing prompts. 1,466 on Arena's scale · Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash writing score (lmarena)
- Coding
- StrongHow often people preferred its answers to coding questions. 1,491 on Arena's scale · Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash coding score (lmarena)
- Maths
- MiddleHow many very hard maths problems it solved. 58.9% · Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash maths score (epoch)
- Knowledge
- Top tierHow many short factual questions it answered correctly. 66.2% · Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash knowledge score (epoch)
Evidence completeness: Broad evidence, 12 of 13 tests have a result.
Where it is relatively stronger or weaker
This compares each kind of request with the model's own overall position among the 77 listed models, using Arena's votes. It is about performance on different languages, kinds of request and topics, not about political or social bias.
Relatively stronger
No category stands out as clearly stronger than its overall position.
Relatively weaker
- Korean: 25th of 54 on questions asked in Korean, against 17th of 77 overall. Source for Korean
- Expert-level prompts: 34th of 77 on prompts that need expert knowledge, against 17th of 77 overall. Source for Expert-level prompts
- Medicine and health: 33rd of 75 on medicine and health questions, against 17th of 77 overall. Source for Medicine and health
Show every category we can see
| Category | Position | Arena score | Votes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expert-level prompts Kind of request | 34th of 77 | 1,490 95% range 1,480 to 1,499 | 4,211 | Source for Expert-level prompts |
| Hard prompts Kind of request | 23rd of 77 | 1,486 95% range 1,481 to 1,491 | 24,086 | Source for Hard prompts |
| Long prompts Kind of request | 29th of 77 | 1,475 95% range 1,469 to 1,481 | 17,097 | Source for Long prompts |
| Longer conversations Kind of request | 19th of 77 | 1,481 95% range 1,473 to 1,490 | 5,792 | Source for Longer conversations |
| Chinese Language | 15th of 76 | 1,531 95% range 1,519 to 1,542 | 2,681 | Source for Chinese |
| English prompts Language | 17th of 77 | 1,482 95% range 1,477 to 1,488 | 15,131 | Source for English prompts |
| French Language | 7th of 72 | 1,504 95% range 1,485 to 1,523 | 1,147 | Source for French |
| German Language | 17th of 55 | 1,478 95% range 1,454 to 1,503 | 590 | Source for German |
| Japanese Language | 14th of 54 | 1,476 95% range 1,451 to 1,501 | 636 | Source for Japanese |
| Korean Language | 25th of 54 | 1,430 95% range 1,407 to 1,452 | 712 | Source for Korean |
| Non-English prompts Language | 20th of 77 | 1,470 95% range 1,464 to 1,475 | 20,896 | Source for Non-English prompts |
| Russian Language | 15th of 77 | 1,489 95% range 1,479 to 1,498 | 4,142 | Source for Russian |
| Spanish Language | 17th of 70 | 1,476 95% range 1,456 to 1,496 | 946 | Source for Spanish |
| Entertainment, sport and media Topic | 18th of 77 | 1,456 95% range 1,449 to 1,464 | 9,274 | Source for Entertainment, sport and media |
| Law and government Topic | 27th of 76 | 1,479 95% range 1,468 to 1,490 | 2,998 | Source for Law and government |
| Medicine and health Topic | 33rd of 75 | 1,468 95% range 1,456 to 1,481 | 2,559 | Source for Medicine and health |
| Science Topic | 20th of 77 | 1,488 95% range 1,480 to 1,497 | 5,810 | Source for Science |
| Software and IT Topic | 26th of 77 | 1,492 95% range 1,486 to 1,498 | 14,504 | Source for Software and IT |
Bias: what we can and can't see
Our sources do not measure political lean, stereotyping, flattery (agreeing with you too readily) or safety behaviour, so we cannot say how any model does on those. What we can show is above: where a model is relatively stronger or weaker across languages, kinds of request and topics. Also, people voting in Arena can favour answer style, such as length and formatting, and our numbers do not adjust for that. See what AI bias means and what these tests can tell you.
Best-supported use cases
This model is not among the options we recommend for any of the five tasks. That reflects the rules and the models listed, not a verdict on the model.
Where an alternative might be more suitable
- Coding and building things: rated Strong on coding votes. Compare it with Claude Opus 5.5, the best-supported choice for this task.
- Homework and maths: rated Middle on hard maths problems. Compare it with GPT-6.1 Sol, the best-supported choice for this task.
- Business emails and everyday work: rated Strong on business-task votes. Compare it with Gemini 4 Argon, the best-supported choice for this task.
What it is
- Maker
- Google DeepMind
- Release date (Epoch AI)
- 21 Jul 2026
- Access, as listed by Epoch AI
- API access
- Licence, as listed by Arena
- Proprietary
- Maker's country (Epoch AI)
- United States of America
- Last observation in our data
- 28 Oct 2026
- Data last changed
- 29 Oct 2026, 14:36 UTC
We have not verified an official product page for this model, so we do not link to one.
How you can use it
Proprietary. The model's files are not published, so it is generally available only through its maker or partners the maker chooses.
How you can reach it (an app, a website, a developer API or a third-party tool) and what that costs are not covered by our benchmark data. Where we could verify prices from the maker's own pages, they are shown under Price. Epoch AI lists access as “API access”. See models, apps and harnesses and how AI pricing works.
Price
Price not independently verified
See Gemini plans and pricing (checked 28 Oct 2026). Page opened and read.
We never infer subscription prices from API prices. New to “tokens” and “per million”? See how AI pricing works.
Good to remember
- Benchmarks are samples of tasks. None proves performance in every situation.
- Arena scores come from people choosing between answers. That measures preference, not correctness.
- Ratings are relative to the 77 models listed here. A different set would change them.
- Sources test models at different settings. Each result shows the setting used, and we do not adjust it.
The evidence, for the curious
Show all 13 tests with settings and sources
| Test | Result | Rating | Setting used | Source identifier | Observed | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena text: overall preference Arena 'text' leaderboard (Bradley-Terry rating, no style control) |
1,480 Arena score 95% range 1,475 to 1,484, 36,028 votes |
Top tier | effort: High, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash Arena text: overall preference score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: creative writing Arena 'text' leaderboard, category creative_writing |
1,466 Arena score 95% range 1,458 to 1,474, 7,521 votes |
Top tier | effort: High, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash Arena text: creative writing score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: coding Arena 'text' leaderboard, category coding |
1,491 Arena score 95% range 1,485 to 1,498, 10,361 votes |
Strong | effort: High, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash Arena text: coding score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: maths Arena 'text' leaderboard, category math |
1,507 Arena score 95% range 1,493 to 1,521, 1,758 votes |
Top tier | effort: High, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash Arena text: maths score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: following instructions Arena 'text' leaderboard, category instruction_following |
1,467 Arena score 95% range 1,461 to 1,473, 13,072 votes |
Strong | effort: High, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash Arena text: following instructions score (lmarena) |
| Arena text: business and management Arena 'text' leaderboard, category industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations |
1,464 Arena score 95% range 1,456 to 1,472, 6,832 votes |
Strong | effort: High, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) lmarena · text/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash Arena text: business and management score (lmarena) |
| Arena WebDev: building web apps Arena 'webdev' leaderboard (Code Arena), category overall |
1,538 Arena score 95% range 1,530 to 1,545, 8,722 votes |
Middle | effort: High, bradley-terry rating | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) lmarena · webdev/latest |
28 Oct 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash Arena WebDev: building web apps score (lmarena) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (private set), benchmark released 2026-06-12 |
58.9% share of problems solved standard error ±2.9 points |
Middle | effort: high, best score across scorers | gemini-3.6-flash_high epoch · frontiermath_tiers_1_3_v2.csv |
2 Aug 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) score (epoch) · Run details for FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025, benchmark released 2024-12-19 |
94.2% share of problems solved standard error ±3.1 points |
Middle | effort: high, best score across scorers | gemini-3.6-flash_high epoch · otis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv |
2 Aug 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 score (epoch) No public run log in the data file. |
| GPQA Diamond GPQA Diamond, benchmark released 2023-11-20 |
94.1% share of questions correct standard error ±1.4 points |
Top tier | effort: high, best score across scorers | gemini-3.6-flash_high epoch · gpqa_diamond.csv |
2 Aug 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash GPQA Diamond score (epoch) No public run log in the data file. |
| SimpleQA Verified SimpleQA Verified, benchmark released 2025-09-09 |
66.2% share of questions correct standard error ±1.5 points |
Top tier | effort: high, best score across scorers | gemini-3.6-flash_high epoch · simpleqa_verified.csv |
27 Aug 2026 | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash SimpleQA Verified score (epoch) · Run details for SimpleQA Verified |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch runs) | Not enough data | |||||
| FrontierCode (reported by Cognition) FrontierCode, benchmark released 2026-06-08, aggregation Mean@5 |
34.4% mean score over 5 attempts no uncertainty figure published |
Not rated (results use different tools) | effort: medium, tool: devin-cli, mean@5 | gemini-3.6-flash_unknown epoch · frontiercode_external.csv |
not provided | Source for Gemini 3.6 Flash FrontierCode (reported by Cognition) score (epoch) · Run details for FrontierCode (reported by Cognition) |
Missing evidence
Not enough data for these tests:
- SWE-bench Verified (Epoch runs)
Missing results are not low scores and do not count against the model.
Where a source gives no public run log, we cannot show the run behind the score. See data sources.
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