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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-4

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

GPT-4 OpenAI

29.1

Rank #316 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and GPT-4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 18.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 1.1% for GPT-4.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $60 for GPT-4.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 8K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index54.129.1
Released2026-07-212023-03-14
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M8K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$30
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$60
Results tracked4638

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), GPT-4: 31.6 (#283)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
WeirdML56.1%12.4%
LMArena Coding14911254
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—46%
BigCodeBench Complete—57.2%
ALE-Bench715.52—
HumanEval+—79.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), GPT-4: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—
METR Time Horizons—36.1%

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), GPT-4: 17.8 (#289)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
Chess Puzzles43%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851241
Mystery Game Puzzles30%12%
DTBench95.5%62.7%
LMCA44.9%17.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25125.89
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
BIG-Bench Hard—75.1%
ForecastBench—57.8
HellaSwag—95.3%
WinoGrande—87.5%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), GPT-4: 10.8 (#309)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%1.1%
LMArena Math15051269
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
ProofBench36%—
MATH Level 5—23%
GSM8K—92%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), GPT-4: 18.4 (#282)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
GPQA Diamond94.1%35.7%
LMArena Expert14881211
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU—86.4%
TriviaQA—84.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), GPT-4: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), GPT-4: 40.6 (#215)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
LMArena Non-English14691246
LMArena Chinese15311242
LMArena French15041283
LMArena German14781251
LMArena Japanese14761209
LMArena Korean14311184
LMArena Russian14871251
LMArena Spanish14751261

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), GPT-4: 65.3 (#222)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
LMArena Instruction Following14661241

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), GPT-4: 37.7 (#212)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
LMArena Longer Query14741244

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), GPT-4: 34.9 (#268)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-4
LMArena Text14791263
LMArena Creative Writing14651244
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604752
LMArena Multi-Turn14811257

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GPT-4?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GPT-4?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GPT-4 lists at $30 and $60.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or GPT-4 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-4 share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4 has 38.

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