Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Relace Apply 3
Updated October 21, 2026. No benchmark has tested both models yet. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- 15.5
- Output $/M
- $2.50
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $1.25
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge where the context window is larger, 1.05M against 256K tokens.
No benchmark has tested both yet. Gemini 2.5 Flash has results on SWE-bench Verified, LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) and Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run); Relace Apply 3 has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has a AA Intelligence Index result, 15.5.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has a Design Arena: websites result, 1074.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Relace Apply 3
Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.0015, Relace Apply 3 $0.0015 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has the number, $0.466.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Flash not benchmarked, Relace Apply 3 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Flash $2.50 against Relace Apply 3 $1.25 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Relace Apply 3 256K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Relace Apply 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 28.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 69.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 17.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1423 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1425 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Relace Apply 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 15.5 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.9 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Relace Apply 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 31.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| BALROG | 33.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $549 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Relace Apply 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI | 33.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 2.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| SimpleBench | 41.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1422 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1426 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1420 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1245 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1244 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Relace Apply 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 73.3 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1411 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1422 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Relace Apply 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 40.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1433 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1430 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1404 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Relace Apply 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1074 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1005 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1005 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1060 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1021 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1059 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1020 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index31 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Relace Apply 3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 44.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 83.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| IFBench | 50.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 65.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| DTBench | 76.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMCA | 27.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1417 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1405 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1400 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1418 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1409 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1449 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1417 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1396 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1385 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1432 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1422 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1415 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1413 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1408 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1419 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1405 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1393 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1239 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1284 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1237 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1225 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1277 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1252 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1241 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Relace Apply 3 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 2.5 Flash | Relace Apply 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Relace | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | September 26, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 256K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.85 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.50 | $1.25 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.466 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than Relace Apply 3 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Gemini 2.5 Flash has the edge where the context window is larger, 1.05M against 256K tokens.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Relace Apply 3?
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Relace Apply 3 costs $0.85 and $1.25. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 2.5 Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Relace Apply 3?
Gemini 2.5 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Has any benchmark tested both Gemini 2.5 Flash and Relace Apply 3?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Gemini 2.5 Flash has results on SWE-bench Verified, LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) and Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run); Relace Apply 3 has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.