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Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) vs GPT-6 Sol (high)

GPT-6 Sol (high) leads on average score with 9.9 vs 9.8. Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.427 vs $0.684. Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) is faster at 11.86s vs 22.21s, with pass rates of 95.5% vs 95.5%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-23

Compared models

Rank
#8
Total Output Tokens
100,876
Response Time (avg)
11.86s
Total Cost
$0.427
Rank
#3
Total Output Tokens
52,589
Response Time (avg)
22.21s
Total Cost
$0.684
Recommended model Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium)

Its score stays close to the best score here (9.8 vs 9.9), while costing about 1.6x less than GPT-6 Sol (high).

Detailed comparison

Metric Gemini 3.6 Flash Gemini 3.6 Flash medium Release: 2026-07-21 GPT-6 Sol GPT-6 Sol high Release: 2026-09-23
Score 9.8 9.9
Rank #8 #3
Reliability 10.0 10.0
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 3.256
Total Cost $0.427 $0.684
Input Price $0.750 / 1M $2.000 / 1M
Output Price $3.750 / 1M $10.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 64,446 78,900
Output Tokens 1,974 4,627
Reasoning Tokens 98,902 47,962
Response Time (avg) 11.86s 22.21s
Response Time (max) 77.15s 136.22s
Response Time (total) 260.96s 488.52s
Parameters ~500B total (~20B active) ~2T total (~150B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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#8 Gemini 3.6 Flash

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

#3 GPT-6 Sol

high
Cost
$0.076
Time
91.0s
Tokens
7,593 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 Sol 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 19.12s 7,302 391 4,970

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