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Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium) vs GPT-6 Astra (max)

GPT-6 Astra (max) leads on average score with 9.9 vs 9.5. Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.763 vs $3.803. Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium) is faster at 19.86s vs 61.27s, with pass rates of 93.9% vs 95.5%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-04

Rank
#10
Total Output Tokens
239,608
Response Time (avg)
19.86s
Total Cost
$0.763
Rank
#3
Total Output Tokens
60,230
Response Time (avg)
61.27s
Total Cost
$3.803
Recommended model Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium)

Its score stays close to the best score here (9.5 vs 9.9), while costing about 5.0x less than GPT-6 Astra (max).

Detailed comparison

Metric Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview medium Release: 2025-12-17 GPT-6 Astra GPT-6 Astra max Release: 2026-09-04
Score 9.5 9.9
Rank #10 #3
Reliability 10.0 9.5
Consistency 9.7 10.0
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 93.9% 95.5%
Flaky tests 1 0
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 3.814 18.106
Total Cost $0.763 $3.803
Input Price $0.500 / 1M $10.000 / 1M
Output Price $3.000 / 1M $50.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 87,870 79,058
Output Tokens 5,486 4,853
Reasoning Tokens 234,122 55,377
Response Time (avg) 19.86s 61.27s
Response Time (max) 117.26s 960.01s
Response Time (total) 436.88s 1347.96s
Parameters ~500B total (~20B active) ~2T total (~150B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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#10 Gemini 3 Flash Preview

medium
Cost
$0.010
Time
18.4s
Tokens
3,351 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 Flash Preview 8.6 7.6 88.9% 1 84.40s 8,122 462 161,084
GPT-6 Astra 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 14.64s 7,302 395 8,298

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