Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.2
Updated October 21, 2026. 83 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding: it scores 69.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 58.9 for GPT-5.2.
Pick GPT-5.2 when what matters is ALE-Bench or TaxEval (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 83
- Gemini 3.7 Flash only
- 29
- GPT-5.2 only
- 28
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash scores 69.9 against 58.9.
2 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 39.6 against 30.4.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 93.9% against 91.7%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only GPT-5.2 has a AIME result, 96.9%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 90.1% against 86.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 1304 against 1196.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 400K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash $0.0026, GPT-5.2 $0.0088 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash $1.78, GPT-5.2 $1.91.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.7 Flash 69.9 from 2 benchmarks, GPT-5.2 58.9 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Web design, 17.0 points apart on average over 8 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ProofBench: Gemini 3.7 Flash 58.0% against GPT-5.2 15.0%, 43.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.7 Flash $3.75 against GPT-5.2 $14.00 per million output tokens, 3.7x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.7 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, GPT-5.2 400K.
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.
| Category | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Bars | GPT-5.2 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 6 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 14 | 0 | ||
| Math | 6 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 8 | 2 | ||
| Web design | 8 | 0 | ||
| General | 26 | 3 | ||
| All shared boards | 77 | 6 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index71
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 72.8% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | Not measured | 66.7% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| LiveBench coding | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1591 | 1417 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| AA Coding Index | 71.5 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 88.7% | 85.4% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 80.8% | 75.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 12.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 70.4% | 53.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 34.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 67.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 77.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 65.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 43.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 89.4% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| SciCode | 59.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 47.0% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 64.9% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| FrontierCode | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| FrontierSWE | 20.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| GSO-Bench | Not measured | 27.5% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 72.2% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 904.3 | 1293.5 | GPT-5.2 |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1499 | 1442 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1498 | 1434 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1587 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1593 | 1427 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1599 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 39.6 | 30.4 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 158.0 | 153.7 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1224 | 1086 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1208 | 1043 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1230 | 1094 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1247 | 1064 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1264 | 1142 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1235 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1028 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench research | 76.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench browser | 56.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 28.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 59.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 22.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 34.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 71.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 7.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 84.8% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 67.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 75.3% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 5.0% | 2.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| GDPval | Not measured | 49.7% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | Not measured | 41.1% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $3,591 | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index140
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.9% | 91.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LiveBench reasoning | 87.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 89.0% | 86.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 94.5% | 90.3% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 47.9% | 37.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.8% | 91.4% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ARC-AGI | 95.5% | 86.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | 52.9% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 45.8% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 66.0% | 48.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Mystery game puzzles | 37.0% | 23.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 23.0% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| VPCT | Not measured | 84.0% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1495 | 1428 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1512 | 1445 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1487 | 1431 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1329 | 1265 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1320 | 1276 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 96.9% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 94.0% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 99.0 | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 99.0% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 97.2% | 96.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 71.6% | 67.4% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 36.6% | 31.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ProofBench | 58.0% | 15.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: math | 1511 | 1440 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1502 | 1442 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index82
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 90.1% | 86.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 87.3% | 82.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.0% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.9% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 74.7% | 75.8% | GPT-5.2 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 66.7% | 67.1% | GPT-5.2 |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 94.1% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 53.4% | 49.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 87.4% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.2% | 37.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: science | 1511 | 1425 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1494 | 1425 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1496 | 1427 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1479 | 1414 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1304 | 1196 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1299 | 1190 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1318 | 1196 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1315 | 1202 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1308 | 1079 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1308 | 1171 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1283 | 1137 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1276 | 1153 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LiveBench design | 73.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index263
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 68.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 49.2% | 49.3% | GPT-5.2 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 83.9% | 84.4% | GPT-5.2 |
| IFBench | Not measured | 75.4% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.0% | 82.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| DTBench | 96.8% | 90.9% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMCA | 50.4% | 43.9% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| CL-bench | Not measured | 18.2% | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 26.7% | 38.3% | GPT-5.2 |
| LMArena Text | 1489 | 1416 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1484 | 1409 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1488 | 1376 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision | 1314 | 1246 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1483 | 1422 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1487 | 1405 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1552 | 1447 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1506 | 1444 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1511 | 1420 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1481 | 1374 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1500 | 1454 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1495 | 1413 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1515 | 1415 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1503 | 1426 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1485 | 1419 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1492 | 1413 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1491 | 1392 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1477 | 1378 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1309 | 1243 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1394 | 1305 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1322 | 1257 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1299 | 1227 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1267 | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1232 | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1312 | 1225 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1405 | Only GPT-5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | GPT-5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 3.7 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.7 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash | OpenAI GPT-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 13, 2026 | December 10, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 400K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.75 | $1.75 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.75 | $14.00 |
| Coding index | 69.9 | 58.9 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.78 | $1.91 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than GPT-5.2 for coding?
Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding: it scores 69.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 58.9 for GPT-5.2. Pick GPT-5.2 when what matters is ALE-Bench or TaxEval (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.2?
Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 costs $1.75 and $14.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $1.78 and GPT-5.2 $1.91.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GPT-5.2?
Gemini 3.7 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GPT-5.2 comparison based on?
83 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3.7 Flash's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and GPT-5.2's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.