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Gemini 3.6 FlashvsGPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol leads 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. Gemini 3.6 Flash is 5.3x cheaper per token. GPT-5.6 Sol has the larger context window (1.1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 6
GPT-5.6 Sol leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 3.6 Flash
5.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5.6 Sol
1.1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 94.2446%
Google · OpenAI
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google · released 2026-07-21
textvisionaudio
GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI · released 2026-07-09
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
6 shared · 8 only Gemini 3.6 Flash · 1 only GPT-5.6 Sol| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GPT-5.6 Sol | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 6 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 94.1% ↗epoch | 94.6% ↗ | -0.5 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 49% ↗ | 72.7% ↗ | -23.7 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 22% ↗epoch | 82.9% ↗epoch | -60.9 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 58.9% ↗epoch | 89.1% ↗epoch | -30.2 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 94.2% ↗epoch | 100% ↗epoch | -5.8 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% ↗epoch | 69.7% ↗epoch | -3.5 pt | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Only Gemini 3.6 Flash reports · 8 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | 96.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| CharXiv Reasoning (no tools) | 85.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDM-MRCR v2 (128k average) | 91.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | 1421 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MLE-Bench | 63.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro (Public) | 58.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 2.1 | 78% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-5.6 Sol reports · 1 | ||||
| SWE-Bench Pro | not reported | 64.6% ↗ | — | — |
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 3.6 Flash minus GPT-5.6 Sol 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 3.6 Flash | GPT-5.6 Sol | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1.1M tokens | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 128K tokens | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Input price / 1M | $0.75 ↗ | $4 ↗ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $3.75 ↗ | $20 ↗ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.075 ↗ | $0.4 ↗ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $4.5 | $24 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2026-07-09 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 14 | 8 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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