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Gemini 2.5 FlashvsGemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. Gemini 2.5 Flash is 1.6x cheaper per token. Both offer a 1.0M-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 1
Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 2.5 Flash
1.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100%
Google
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google · released 2025-06-17
textvisionaudio
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google · released 2026-07-21
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 7 only Gemini 2.5 Flash · 13 only Gemini 3.6 Flash| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 82.8% ↗ | 94.1% ↗epoch | -11.3 pt | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Only Gemini 2.5 Flash reports · 7 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 48.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 72% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 11% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | 1417.3 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 56.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | 59.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMMU | 79.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Gemini 3.6 Flash reports · 13 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 96.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| CharXiv Reasoning (no tools) | not reported | 85.2% ↗ | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | not reported | 49% ↗ | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 22% ↗epoch | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 58.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
| GDM-MRCR v2 (128k average) | not reported | 91.8% ↗ | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | not reported | 1421 ↗ | — | — |
| MLE-Bench | not reported | 63.9% ↗ | — | — |
| OSWorld-Verified | not reported | 83% ↗ | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 94.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 66.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro (Public) | not reported | 58.7% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 2.1 | not reported | 78% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 2.5 Flash minus Gemini 3.6 Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1.0M tokens | Tie |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 66K tokens | Tie |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $0.75 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 ↗ | $3.75 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | $0.075 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2.8 | $4.5 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision · audio | Tie |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | 2026-07-21 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 9 | 14 | — |
Reliability
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