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Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (low)

Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) leads on average score with 9.8 vs 9.5. GPT-5.6 Sol (low) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.357 vs $0.427. GPT-5.6 Sol (low) is faster at 9.04s vs 11.86s, with pass rates of 95.5% vs 86.4%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-03

Rank
#4
Total Output Tokens
100,876
Response Time (avg)
11.86s
Total Cost
$0.427
Rank
#5
Total Output Tokens
19,946
Response Time (avg)
9.04s
Total Cost
$0.357
Recommended model GPT-5.6 Sol (low)

It offers the best overall trade-off: a competitive score (9.5), lower cost than Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium), and balanced response time.

Detailed comparison

Metric Gemini 3.6 Flash Gemini 3.6 Flash medium Release: 2026-07-21 GPT-5.6 Sol GPT-5.6 Sol low Release: 2026-07-09
Score 9.8 9.5
Rank #4 #5
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.2 9.2
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 95.5% 86.4%
Flaky tests 2 2
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 4.101 5.508
Total Cost $0.427 $0.357
Input Price $0.750 / 1M $2.000 / 1M
Output Price $3.750 / 1M $10.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 64,446 78,580
Output Tokens 1,974 4,476
Reasoning Tokens 98,902 15,470
Response Time (avg) 11.86s 9.04s
Response Time (max) 77.15s 53.91s
Response Time (total) 260.96s 198.97s
Parameters ~500B total (~20B active) ~2T total (~150B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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#4 Gemini 3.6 Flash

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

#5 GPT-5.6 Sol

low
Cost
$0.062
Time
26.7s
Tokens
2,150 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
GPT-5.6 Sol 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 11.25s 7,302 412 3,482

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