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Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium)

Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) leads on average score with 9.8 vs 9.5. Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.427 vs $0.763. Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) is faster at 11.86s vs 19.86s, with pass rates of 95.5% vs 93.9%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-04

Rank
#7
Total Output Tokens
100,876
Response Time (avg)
11.86s
Total Cost
$0.427
Rank
#10
Total Output Tokens
239,608
Response Time (avg)
19.86s
Total Cost
$0.763
Recommended model Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium)

It has the best score here (9.8), while costing about 1.8x less than Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Gemini 3.6 Flash Gemini 3.6 Flash medium Release: 2026-07-21 Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview medium Release: 2025-12-17
Score 9.8 9.5
Rank #7 #10
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.2 9.7
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 95.5% 93.9%
Flaky tests 2 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 4.101 3.814
Total Cost $0.427 $0.763
Input Price $0.750 / 1M $0.500 / 1M
Output Price $3.750 / 1M $3.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 64,446 87,870
Output Tokens 1,974 5,486
Reasoning Tokens 98,902 234,122
Response Time (avg) 11.86s 19.86s
Response Time (max) 77.15s 117.26s
Response Time (total) 260.96s 436.88s
Parameters ~500B total (~20B active) ~500B total (~20B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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#7 Gemini 3.6 Flash

medium
Cost
$0.095
Time
49.9s
Tokens
12,664 tok

#10 Gemini 3 Flash Preview

medium
Cost
$0.010
Time
18.4s
Tokens
3,351 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3.6 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 14.81s 8,124 444 31,421
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 8.6 7.6 88.9% 1 84.40s 8,122 462 161,084

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