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Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) vs GPT-6 Astra (max)

GPT-6 Astra (max) leads on average score with 9.9 vs 9.8. Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.427 vs $3.803. Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) is faster at 11.86s vs 61.27s, with pass rates of 95.5% vs 95.5%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-04

Rank
#7
Total Output Tokens
100,876
Response Time (avg)
11.86s
Total Cost
$0.427
Rank
#3
Total Output Tokens
60,230
Response Time (avg)
61.27s
Total Cost
$3.803
Recommended model Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium)

Its score stays close to the best score here (9.8 vs 9.9), while costing about 8.9x less than GPT-6 Astra (max).

Detailed comparison

Metric Gemini 3.6 Flash Gemini 3.6 Flash medium Release: 2026-07-21 GPT-6 Astra GPT-6 Astra max Release: 2026-09-04
Score 9.8 9.9
Rank #7 #3
Reliability 10.0 9.5
Consistency 9.2 10.0
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 95.5% 95.5%
Flaky tests 2 0
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 4.101 18.106
Total Cost $0.427 $3.803
Input Price $0.750 / 1M $10.000 / 1M
Output Price $3.750 / 1M $50.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 64,446 79,058
Output Tokens 1,974 4,853
Reasoning Tokens 98,902 55,377
Response Time (avg) 11.86s 61.27s
Response Time (max) 77.15s 960.01s
Response Time (total) 260.96s 1347.96s
Parameters ~500B total (~20B active) ~2T total (~150B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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#7 Gemini 3.6 Flash

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

#3 GPT-6 Astra

max
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Cost
$0.000
Time
600.0s
Tokens
0 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-6 Astra 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 14.64s 7,302 395 8,298

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