Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 54.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 45× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 1 category and GPT-5.4 Pro in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 72.4 to 57.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 22% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 58.5% for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.4 Pro specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index54.158.9
Released2026-07-212026-03-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$30
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$180
Results tracked4616

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
WeirdML56.1%57.4%
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
LMArena Coding1491—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
ARC-AGI-260.4%83.3%
ARC-AGI-191.2%94.5%
CritPt10.6%30%
Chess Puzzles43%58.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25158.93
SimpleBench—74.1%
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
EnigmaEval—23.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22)

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
GPQA Diamond94.1%94.6%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%46.3%
Humanity's Last Exam—44.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.3%
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Non-English1469—
LMArena Chinese1531—
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Text1479—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GPT-5.4 Pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 54.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 45× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GPT-5.4 Pro?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or GPT-5.4 Pro better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 43.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.4 Pro share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 Pro has 16.

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