Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs o1-pro

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

o1-pro OpenAI

31.5

Rank #271 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 2 categories and o1-pro in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 20.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 91.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 23.3% for o1-pro.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $150 / $600 for o1-pro.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and o1-pro specifications
Gemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index54.131.5
Released2026-07-212025-03-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K100K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$150
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$600
Results tracked463

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), o1-pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1491—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), o1-pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), o1-pro: 20.4 (#239)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
ARC-AGI-191.2%23.3%
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
EnigmaEval—6.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), o1-pro: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
LMArena Math1505—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), o1-pro: 29.7 (#234)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
Humanity's Last Exam—8.1%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), o1-pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), o1-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-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), o1-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), o1-pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), o1-pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 Flasho1-pro
LMArena Text1479—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than o1-pro?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or o1-pro?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; o1-pro lists at $150 and $600.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and o1-pro share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and o1-pro has 3.

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