Model comparison

Aion 3.5 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#30); Aion 3.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Aion 3.5 AionLabs

57.9

Unranked Sparse

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Aion 3.5 scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 3.6 Flash in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Aion 3.5 leads 74.9 to 68.3.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $6 for Aion 3.5.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Aion 3.5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash specifications
Aion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
ProviderAionLabsGoogle
Noometry Index57.954.1
Released—2026-07-21
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window262K1.05M
Max output33K66K
Input $ / M tokens$3$0.75
Output $ / M tokens$6$3.75
Results tracked146

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
DeepSWE—46.7%
FrontierCode—34.4%
LMArena WebDev—1536
SciCode—52.7%
WeirdML—56.1%
LMArena Coding—1492
ALE-Bench—715.52

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
APEX-Agents—46.9%
GDP.pdf—14%

Reasoning Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
ARC-AGI-2—60.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—89%
ARC-AGI-1—91.2%
CritPt—10.6%
Chess Puzzles—43%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1486
Mystery Game Puzzles—30%
DTBench—95.5%
LMCA—44.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—154.36

Math Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—58.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—22%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—70.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—94.2%
ProofBench—36%
LMArena Math—1504

Knowledge Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond—94.1%
SimpleQA Verified—66.2%
LMArena Expert—1489

Multimodal Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision—1297
Blueprint-Bench 2—31.2%
Furniture Assembly—23.3%
LMArena Document—1456

Multilingual Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English—1470
LMArena Chinese—1530
LMArena French—1501
LMArena German—1478
LMArena Japanese—1477
LMArena Korean—1435
LMArena Russian—1490
LMArena Spanish—1477

Instruction Following Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following—1467

Long Context Not comparable

Aion 3.5: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query—1475

Writing & Preference Aion 3.5 leads

Aion 3.5: 74.9, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAion 3.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
EQ-Bench Creative Writing19291604
LMArena Text—1478
LMArena Creative Writing—1464
LMArena Multi-Turn—1481

Frequently asked questions

Is Aion 3.5 better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#30); Aion 3.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Which is cheaper, Aion 3.5 or Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Aion 3.5 lists at $3 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Aion 3.5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Aion 3.5 has 1 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46.

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