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Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview

Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) leads on average score with 9.9 vs 9.6. Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.742 vs $0.831. Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) is faster at 10.11s vs 19.20s, with pass rates of 98.5% vs 98.5%.

Recommended modelGemini 3.6 Flash (medium)It has the best score here (9.9), while responding about 1.9x faster than Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-21

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 9.9 9.6
Rank #1 #3
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 9.7
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 98.5% 98.5%
Flaky tests 1 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 3.955 3.533
Total Cost $0.831 $0.742
Input Price $1.500 / 1M $0.500 / 1M
Output Price $7.500 / 1M $3.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 66,293 87,861
Output Tokens 2,000 5,486
Reasoning Tokens 95,464 227,164
Response Time (avg) 10.11s 19.20s
Response Time (max) 68.03s 117.26s
Response Time (total) 222.33s 422.42s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#1 Gemini 3.6 Flash

medium
Cost
$0.079
Time
47.9s
Tokens
10,532 tok

#3 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 17.49s 8,136 474 40,157
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 8.6 7.6 88.9% 1 84.40s 8,122 462 161,084

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