Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GPT-6 Astra
Updated October 21, 2026. 41 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
vs boards won of 41 shared
Decision reading
Pick GPT-6 Astra for coding: it scores 88.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 75.8 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview when output tokens cost 16.7x less, or when what matters is MedCode (Vals AI) or SAGE (Vals AI), where it leads.
Model AGemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle75.8/1001 independent benchmark$0.37 per solved taskModel BGPT-6 AstraOpenAI88.7/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 41
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview only
- 28
- GPT-6 Astra only
- 78
- 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
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra scores 88.7 against 75.8.
1 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 52.7 against 26.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a AA Agentic Index result, 51.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a GPQA Diamond result, 87.9%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a AIME result, 95.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a MMLU Pro result, 88.6%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 1337 against 1196.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a Vals Index result, 65.0%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra takes 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.0020, GPT-6 Astra $0.035 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has the number, $0.37.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview 75.8 from 1 benchmark, GPT-6 Astra 88.7 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 52.9 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ProofBench: Gemini 3 Flash Preview 15.0% against GPT-6 Astra 99.0%, 84.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview $3.00 against GPT-6 Astra $50.00 per million output tokens, 16.7x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens, GPT-6 Astra 1.05M.
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 Flash Preview | Bars | GPT-6 Astra | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 7 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 11 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 7 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 1 | 4 | ||
| All shared boards | 2 | 39 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 93.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1774 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 76.9 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 75.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.6% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 20.2% | 89.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 6.4% | 67.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 5.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 100.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 53.9% | 87.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.6% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.1% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 90.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 56.5% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 38.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 64.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 53.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 65.5% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GSO-Bench | 9.8% | 79.4% | GPT-6 Astra |
| WeirdML | 61.6% | 93.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| MirrorCode | Not measured | 46.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1367.2 | 2951.3 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1489 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1474 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1798 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1775 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1726 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 26.3 | 52.7 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 168.8 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index011
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 51.0 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1111 | 1372 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1063 | 1357 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1090 | 1312 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1056 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1161 | 1348 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1036 | 1245 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1380 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 85.2% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 84.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 82.4% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.9% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 42.5% | 53.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 11.8% | 20.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 18.3% | 39.4% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.1% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 26.0% | 71.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.9% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 65.1% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | Not measured | 90.5% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 19.2% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 23.3% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 64.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Remote Labor Index | Not measured | 20.8% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| BALROG | 48.1% | 68.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| DeepResearch Bench | 49.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SpireClimb | Not measured | 25.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $3,635 | $15,515 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 92.7% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.1% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 87.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.8% | 96.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 36.6% | 54.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 89.4% | 95.8% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ARC-AGI | 84.7% | 98.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 33.6% | 95.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SimpleBench | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Chess puzzles | 39.0% | 74.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Mystery game puzzles | 26.0% | 84.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 76.2% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| VPCT | 72.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1463 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1489 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1464 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1297 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1337 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 93.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| AA Math Index | 97.0 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 97.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 95.6% | 100.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 51.2% | 93.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 17.1% | 97.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ProofBench | 15.0% | 99.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1465 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1484 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 88.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 86.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 95.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 55.9% | 48.5% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.8% | 75.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| GeoBench | 88.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1451 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1425 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1462 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1439 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1196 | 1337 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1394 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1166 | 1474 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1335 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1184 | 1501 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1189 | 1379 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1431 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1359 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 82.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GPT-6 Astra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 65.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 83.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 51.8% | 46.4% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 69.9% | 87.9% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 52.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| IFBench | 78.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 78.0% | 80.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| DTBench | 89.1% | 97.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMCA | 43.1% | 64.4% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 80.0% | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1441 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1455 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1420 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1280 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1447 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1432 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1489 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1459 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1405 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1428 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1432 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1422 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1438 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1422 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1447 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1460 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1437 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1427 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1280 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1361 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1292 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1286 | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GPT-6 Astra | 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 Flash Preview$0.0020Fits in one request
GPT-6 Astra$0.035Fits in one request
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.034Fits in one request
GPT-6 Astra$0.650Fits in one request
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview$0.130Fits in one request
GPT-6 Astra$2.50Fits in one request
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview | OpenAI GPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 17, 2025 | September 4, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $10.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.00 | $50.00 |
| Coding index | 75.8 | 88.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.37 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than GPT-6 Astra for coding?
Pick GPT-6 Astra for coding: it scores 88.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 75.8 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview. Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview when output tokens cost 16.7x less, or when what matters is MedCode (Vals AI) or SAGE (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GPT-6 Astra?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Astra costs $10.00 and $50.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3 Flash Preview only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GPT-6 Astra comparison based on?
41 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3 Flash Preview's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and GPT-6 Astra's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.