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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Gemini 3.7 Flash on coding, 62.5 to 58.0 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($3.75 vs $3.75 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 100 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.6 Flash Replace Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
Coding
62.5
Overall
68.3
Output $/M
$3.75
6
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle
Coding
58.0
Overall
65.7
Output $/M
$3.75
93
vs boards won of 100 shared, 1 tied

Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemini 3.7 Flash: which to pick

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 58.0 for Gemini 3.7 Flash, though on 4 benchmarks against 6.

Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for work measured by LMArena WebDev or AA Coding Index, where it leads.

Model AGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle62.5/1004 independent benchmarks$1.49 per solved taskModel BGemini 3.7 FlashGoogle58.0/1006 independent benchmarks$1.78 per solved task
Shared results
100
Gemini 3.6 Flash only
9
Gemini 3.7 Flash only
14
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

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.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 3.6 Flash 62.5 from 4 benchmarks, Gemini 3.7 Flash 58.0 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 9.1 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
IOI (Vals AI): Gemini 3.6 Flash 35.1% against Gemini 3.7 Flash 67.8%, 32.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Both cost $3.75 per million output tokens.
Context window
Both take 1.05M tokens.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.6 FlashBarsGemini 3.7 FlashTies
Coding1171 tie
Intelligence02
Agentic work111
Reasoning014
Math06
Knowledge29
Web design16
General128
All shared boards6931 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index117
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.7 FlashLeader
LiveBench codingNot measured80.5%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LMArena WebDev15381591Gemini 3.7 Flash
AA Coding Index69.271.5Gemini 3.7 Flash
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)88.1%88.7%Gemini 3.7 Flash
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)79.6%80.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured12.1%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)64.0%70.4%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Code migration (Vals AI)30.9%34.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%0.0%Tie
IOI (Vals AI)35.1%67.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)73.8%77.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured65.9%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)45.4%43.8%Gemini 3.6 Flash
SciCode53.4%59.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
FrontierCode34.4%43.6%Gemini 3.7 Flash
FrontierSWENot measured20.3%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
WeirdML56.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ALE-Bench715.5904.3Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: coding14911499Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT14921498Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena WebDev: React15281587Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML15471593Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an image15451599Gemini 3.7 Flash
SciCode10.8%13.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.7 FlashLeader
AA Intelligence Index34.039.6Gemini 3.7 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index154.5158.0Gemini 3.7 Flash
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index111
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.7 FlashLeader
AA Agentic Index29.0Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building web apps11971223Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps11811208Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps11981229Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: agents building Android apps12041243Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: agents building Godot gamesNot measured1264Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building games11801235Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: HTML slides1099Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1121Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets10711058Gemini 3.6 Flash
LiveBench researchNot measured76.5%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LiveBench browserNot measured56.0%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
LiveBench long agenticNot measured28.3%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
SREBench (Vals AI)Not measured4.6%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)56.3%59.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)18.0%22.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)25.0%34.6%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)65.4%71.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)58.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)4.3%7.1%Gemini 3.7 Flash
APEX-Agents46.9%67.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Remote Labor IndexNot measured5.0%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index014
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.7 FlashLeader
GPQA Diamond93.4%93.9%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LiveBench reasoningNot measured87.8%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)88.4%89.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.8%94.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)40.8%47.9%Gemini 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)94.1%94.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
ARC-AGI91.2%95.5%Gemini 3.7 Flash
ARC-AGI-260.4%84.6%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Chess puzzles42.0%66.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Mystery game puzzles30.0%37.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts14861495Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: expert14901512Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14841487Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams13141329Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision: homework13141320Gemini 3.7 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.7 FlashLeader
OTIS Mock AIME94.2%97.2%Gemini 3.7 Flash
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 358.9%71.6%Gemini 3.7 Flash
FrontierMath, tier 422.0%36.6%Gemini 3.7 Flash
ProofBench36.0%58.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: math15081511Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14921502Gemini 3.7 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index29
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.7 FlashLeader
MMLU Pro89.3%90.1%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LegalBench (Vals AI)86.7%87.3%Gemini 3.7 Flash
CorpFin (Vals AI)63.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.9%74.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
MortgageTax (Vals AI)67.6%66.7%Gemini 3.6 Flash
MedCode (Vals AI)53.1%53.4%Gemini 3.7 Flash
SimpleQA Verified66.2%69.2%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: science14891511Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14691494Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14791496Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14641479Gemini 3.7 Flash
FACTS Benchmark Suite65.3%71.2%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index16
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.7 FlashLeader
Design Arena: websites13001303Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: UI components12941296Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: game dev12631317Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: data viz12891315Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: 3D12711307Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: all code categories12891308Gemini 3.7 Flash
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1283Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Design Arena: ASCII art12811276Gemini 3.6 Flash
LiveBench designNot measured73.2%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index128
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.7 FlashLeader
LiveBench data analysisNot measured68.0%Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)56.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SAGE (Vals AI)48.7%49.2%Gemini 3.7 Flash
MedScribe (Vals AI)79.7%83.9%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Vals Multimodal Index65.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%83.0%Gemini 3.7 Flash
DTBench95.5%96.8%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMCA44.9%50.4%Gemini 3.7 Flash
Furniture assembly23.3%26.7%Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text14801489Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following14671484Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing14661488Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision12991314Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: English14821483Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14701487Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese15311552Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: German14801506Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese14751511Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Korean14291481Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: French15031500Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14761495Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Russian14881515Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: Polish14731503Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn14811485Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14751492Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language14701491Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14561477Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision: English12951309Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision: Chinese13571394Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision: reading text13121322Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision: humor12891299Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision: creative writing12781312Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Document1456Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.7 FlashLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 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

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.0026Fits in one request
Gemini 3.7 Flash$0.0026Fits in one request

Same cost

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.049Fits in one request
Gemini 3.7 Flash$0.049Fits in one request

Same cost

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.188Fits in one request
Gemini 3.7 Flash$0.188Fits in one request

Same cost

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.

Specifications of Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle Gemini 3.7 Flash
MakerGoogleGoogle
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026August 13, 2026
Context window1.05M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.75$0.75
Output $/Mtok$3.75$3.75
Coding index62.558.0
Independent measurements behind it46
Cost per solved task$1.49$1.78
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding?

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash for coding: it scores 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 58.0 for Gemini 3.7 Flash, though on 4 benchmarks against 6. Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for work measured by LMArena WebDev or AA Coding Index, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemini 3.7 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $0.75 and $3.75. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.49 and Gemini 3.7 Flash $1.78.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemini 3.7 Flash?

Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemini 3.7 Flash comparison based on?

100 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.6 Flash's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Gemini 3.7 Flash's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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