Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.1

Rank #327 Confirmed

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.6 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 15.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 94.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index27.154.1
Released2023-12-132026-07-21
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$3.75
Results tracked2446

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Coding11081492
DeepSWE—46.7%
FrontierCode—34.4%
LMArena WebDev—1536
SciCode—52.7%
WeirdML—56.1%
ALE-Bench—715.52
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
APEX-Agents—46.9%
GDP.pdf—14%

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts11091486
DTBench45.9%95.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index116.97154.36
ARC-AGI-2—60.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—89%
ARC-AGI-1—91.2%
CritPt—10.6%
Chess Puzzles—43%
Mystery Game Puzzles—30%
LMCA—44.9%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%94.2%
LMArena Math11321504
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—58.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—22%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—70.8%
ProofBench—36%
MATH Level 511.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond34%94.1%
LMArena Expert10591489
SimpleQA Verified—66.2%
MMLU70%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision—1297
Blueprint-Bench 2—31.2%
Furniture Assembly—23.3%
LMArena Document—1456

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English11381470
LMArena Chinese11241530
LMArena French11441501
LMArena German11251478
LMArena Japanese10231477
LMArena Russian11861490
LMArena Spanish11181477
LMArena Korean—1435

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following11141467

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query11321475

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text11491478
LMArena Creative Writing11301464
LMArena Multi-Turn11391481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1604

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Gemini 3.6 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 3.6 Flash share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46.

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