Gemini 3.5 Flash
Gemini 3.5 Flash is a Google proprietary reasoning model, released 19 May 2026. Its best configuration (high reasoning effort) ranks #70 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 63.1 ±2.8, in the upper half. The ± is the point: 143 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in instruction following (74) and lowest in maths (58). At $3.38 per million tokens blended it is pricier than most ranked models. Output speed of 222 tokens per second puts it in the fastest quarter, with a first answer in 14.3 s. It has been measured at 5 reasoning-effort settings; this summary describes the best-scoring one, and the tabs above switch between them. Last measured 22 Oct 2026.
- Blended price
- $3.38/M
- $1.50 in · $9.00 out
- Output speed
- 222 tok/s
- measured by Artificial Analysis
- First answer
- 14 s
- first token 1.62 s
- Context
- 1.0M
- Full answer
- 17 s
- median, reasoning included
- Cost per run
- $3.69
- one full Intelligence Index run
- Released
- 19 May 2026
- Overall index63
- Reasoning61
- Coding60
- Agents & tools63
- Maths58
- Knowledge65
- Instruction following74
- Human preference67
- Multimodal67
- Long context62
- Composite66
Versions
Google has shipped 12 models under this name. Each is ranked on its own results; a newer version often has fewer results so far, which holds its index nearer the average until more arrive.
| Model | Released | Index | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Flashhigh | 2 Sept 2026 | 64.4 | #50 |
| Gemini 3.7 Flashhigh | 13 Aug 2026 | 63.5 | #64 |
| Gemini 3.6 Flashhigh | 21 Jul 2026 | 62.0 | #89 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flashhighthis page | 19 May 2026 | 63.1 | #70 |
| Gemini 3 Flashthinking | 17 Dec 2025 | 59.1 | #138 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash 09 2025thinking | 25 Sept 2025 | 51.1 | #351 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | 17 Apr 2025 | 52.7 | #306 |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash | 5 Feb 2025 | 43.2 | #574 |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 002 | 24 Sept 2024 | 38.3 | #716 |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 001 | 23 May 2024 | – | – |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash | 14 May 2024 | 44.3 | #541 |
| Gemini Flash 2.0 | – | – | – |
Reasoning-effort configurations
The same model behaves differently depending on how much it is allowed to think. Each row is one setting, scored only on the benchmarks that were run at that setting. “Not stated” collects results from publishers that did not say which setting they used; for a reasoning model that is usually its thinking mode, but we do not assume it. Pick a setting here or at the top of the page to see its price, speed and category scores.
| Effort | Index | Rank | Speed | First answer | Chat reply cost | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minimal | 56.4 | #205 | 195 tok/s | 0.83 s | $0.0033 | Agents & tools 74 · Composite 56 · Instruction following 49 · Knowledge 62 · Long context 55 · Maths 58 · Multimodal 63 · Reasoning 47 |
| low | – | – | 120 tok/s | 1.62 s | $0.0033 | Maths 62 · Reasoning 64 |
| medium | 62.8 | #77 | 217 tok/s | 13 s | $0.0033 | Agents & tools 68 · Coding 57 · Composite 67 · Human preference 67 · Instruction following 73 · Knowledge 71 · Long context 62 · Maths 66 · Multimodal 66 · Reasoning 61 |
| highbest | 63.1 | #70 | 222 tok/s | 14 s | $0.0033 | Agents & tools 63 · Coding 60 · Composite 66 · Human preference 67 · Instruction following 74 · Knowledge 65 · Long context 62 · Maths 58 · Multimodal 67 · Reasoning 61 |
| not stated | 49.1 | #407 | 120 tok/s | 1.62 s | $0.0033 | Agents & tools 32 · Human preference 33 · Maths 58 · Reasoning 72 |
How its index has moved
8 Sept 2026 to 23 Oct 2026- high
- medium
- minimal
- not stated
The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.
Benchmark results
See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.
Reasoning
| Benchmark | minimal | low | medium | high | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 86.4%#78 | 88.9%#55 | – | 92.8%#24 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| SimpleBencheffort not stated | – | – | – | – | 76.7%#6 | SimpleBench | |
| Arena Hard Prompts | – | – | 1495#41 | 1495#43 | – | Arena (LMArena) | |
| LiveBench 1.0 Reasoningnot in index | – | – | – | 82.0%#48 | – | LiveBench | |
| GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index | 82.8%#166 | – | 92.1%#39 | 92.2%#38 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index | 24.1%#189 | – | 41.3%#78 | 42.7%#65 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals)not in index | – | – | – | 92.7%#14 | – | Vals AI | |
| EnigmaEval | – | – | – | 25.4%#4 | – | Scale AI SEAL | |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 48.8%#180 | – | – | 92.5%#55 | – | ARC Prize | |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 8.9%#163 | – | – | 72.1%#55 | – | ARC Prize | |
| CritPt | 1.4%#211 | – | 10.9%#115 | 13.1%#103 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| Chess Puzzlesnot in index | 27.0%#72 | 42.0%#36 | – | 45.0%#29 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| Mystery Game Puzzlesnot in index | – | 28.0%#39 | – | 32.0%#30 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| LMCAnot in index | – | – | – | 47.1%#80 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| DTBenchnot in index | – | – | – | 94.7%#52 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| ForecastBenchnot in indexeffort not stated | – | – | – | – | 64.3%#28 | ForecastBench |
Coding
| Benchmark | medium | high | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch) | – | 79.3%#3 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| SciCode | – | 53.9%#69 | SciCode | |
| WeirdML | – | 62.6%#44 | WeirdML | |
| Arena Coding | 1506#66 | 1508#62 | Arena (LMArena) | |
| Arena WebDev | 1491#61 | 1499#59 | Arena (LMArena) | |
| LiveBench 1.0 Codingnot in index | – | 78.2%#32 | LiveBench | |
| SciCode (AA)not in index | – | 53.9%#73 | Artificial Analysis | |
| LiveCodeBench | – | 87.6%#12 | Vals AI | |
| SWE-bench (Vals)not in index | – | 78.8%#28 | Vals AI | |
| Code Migrationnot in index | – | 26.8%#45 | Vals AI | |
| ProgramBenchnot in index | – | 0.0%#32 | Vals AI | |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1not in index | – | 48.7%#61 | Vals AI | |
| Surface Evolver Benchnot in index | 58.1%#14 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| DeepSWE v1.1not in index | 37.4%#58 | 36.1%#60 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| ALE-Benchnot in index | – | 911.0#64 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA)not in index | – | 6.6%#98 | Artificial Analysis | |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA)not in index | – | 78.7%#49 | Artificial Analysis |
Agents & tools
Maths
| Benchmark | minimal | low | medium | high | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 | – | – | – | 62.8%#39 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | – | – | – | 26.8%#43 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 80.0%#114 | 88.9%#76 | – | 95.6%#44 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| ProofBench | – | – | – | 31.0%#42 | – | Vals AI | |
| LiveBench Mathematicsnot in index | – | – | – | 88.2%#43 | – | LiveBench | |
| AIME 2026effort not statedpossible contamination | – | – | – | – | 95.0%#18 | MathArena | |
| HMMT February 2026effort not statedpossible contamination | – | – | – | – | 95.5%#6 | MathArena | |
| MathArena Apexeffort not statedpossible contamination | – | – | – | – | 32.3%#9 | MathArena | |
| Arena Maths | – | – | 1482#37 | 1497#21 | – | Arena (LMArena) |
Knowledge
| Benchmark | minimal | medium | high | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | – | – | 66.2%#12 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| LiveBench 1.0 Data Analysisnot in index | – | – | 64.9%#58 | – | LiveBench | |
| AA-Omniscience | 0.7#131 | 20.8#65 | 21.2#62 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| MMLU-Pro | – | – | 89.5%#10 | – | Vals AI | |
| LegalBench | – | – | 83.6%#51 | – | Vals AI | |
| CorpFin | – | – | 64.7%#35 | – | Vals AI | |
| TaxEval | – | – | 74.4%#36 | – | Vals AI | |
| Excel Modeling Benchmarknot in index | – | – | 63.5%#28 | – | Vals AI | |
| MedCodenot in index | – | – | 55.8%#6 | – | Vals AI | |
| MedScribenot in index | – | – | 76.6%#73 | – | Vals AI | |
| Public Benefits Bench v1.1not in index | – | – | 59.5%#32 | – | Vals AI | |
| DrugDiscoveryBenchnot in index | – | – | 50.0%#8 | – | Scale AI SEAL | |
| EBR-benchnot in index | – | – | 4.8%#25 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| GDP.pdfnot in index | – | 14.0%#42 | – | 14.0%#42 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracynot in index | 43.0%#102 | 51.0%#59 | 51.4%#57 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationnot in index | 25.7%#238 | 38.2%#171 | 37.8%#172 | – | Artificial Analysis |
Instruction following
| Benchmark | minimal | medium | high | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Languagenot in index | – | – | 84.6%#16 | LiveBench | |
| LiveBench Instruction Followingnot in index | – | – | 75.6%#7 | LiveBench | |
| IFBench | 47.3%#189 | 74.6%#35 | 76.3%#21 | Artificial Analysis | |
| Arena Instruction Followingnot in index | – | 1466#42 | 1465#44 | Arena (LMArena) |
Human preference
| Benchmark | medium | high | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Text | 1476#33 | 1477#30 | – | Arena (LMArena) | |
| EQ-Bench 4effort not stated | – | – | 1087#23 | EQ-Bench | |
| Arena Creative Writingnot in index | 1469#20 | 1464#24 | – | Arena (LMArena) | |
| Arena Multi-turnnot in index | 1478#44 | 1480#39 | – | Arena (LMArena) | |
| Arena Longer Queriesnot in index | 1480#46 | 1482#39 | – | Arena (LMArena) |
Multimodal
| Benchmark | minimal | medium | high | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Vision | – | 1306#14 | 1308#13 | – | Arena (LMArena) | |
| MMMU-Pro | 80.1%#53 | 83.9%#24 | 84.3%#20 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| MMMU-Pro (Vals)not in index | – | – | 88.3%#8 | – | Vals AI | |
| MortgageTaxnot in index | – | – | 68.1%#19 | – | Vals AI | |
| SAGEnot in index | – | – | 49.9%#18 | – | Vals AI | |
| Blueprint-Bench 2not in indexeffort not stated | – | – | – | 33.6%#10 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub |
Long context
| Benchmark | minimal | medium | high | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA-LCR | 61.3%#273 | 74.3%#162 | 73.3%#178 | Artificial Analysis | |
| Arena Documentnot in index | – | 1461#25 | 1453#28 | Arena (LMArena) | |
| MLCRnot in index | – | – | 10.0%#113 | Artificial Analysis |
Composite
| Benchmark | minimal | medium | high | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Indexnot in indexeffort not stated | – | – | – | 154.9#38 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| LiveBench 1.0not in index | – | – | 74.6%#39 | – | LiveBench | |
| AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 | 23.9#182 | 33.6#105 | 32.6#110 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| Vals Multimodal Indexnot in index | – | – | 62.9%#16 | – | Vals AI |
Where it wins
Benchmarks where this configuration ranks in the top five of every configuration measured.
Where to run it
Every provider serving this model through OpenRouter, with throughput and first-token latency measured on live traffic over the last 30 minutes and each provider’s own price. Purple marks the best in each column.
| Provider | Speed | First token | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Quantisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | 155 tok/s | 1.72 s | $1.50 | $9.00 | 1.0M | – |
| Google Vertex | 120 tok/s | 1.48 s | $1.50 | $9.00 | 1.0M | – |
| Google AI Studio | 79 tok/s | 0.84 s | $0.750 | $4.50 | 1.0M | – |
What a task costs
Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache at $0.150 per 1M. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Cost | With caching | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 400 / 300 | $0.0033 | $0.0029 | 15.7 s |
| Summarize a 30-page report | 12,000 / 600 | $0.023 | $0.011 | 17.0 s |
| Code edit | 6,000 / 1,500 | $0.022 | $0.016 | 21.1 s |
| Agentic coding session | 60,000 / 4,000 | $0.126 | $0.065 | 32.3 s |
| Structured extraction | 2,000 / 200 | $0.0048 | $0.0028 | 15.2 s |
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Questions people ask
- What are Gemini 3.5 Flash's benchmark scores?
- As of 24 Oct 2026, Gemini 3.5 Flash (high effort) scores 63.1 ±2.8 on the BenchLeader Index, top 100, strongest in instruction following (74) and weakest in maths (58). That rests on 33 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
- How does Gemini 3.5 Flash rank?
- Gemini 3.5 Flash (high effort) is #70 of 785 ranked configurations on 24 Oct 2026 (top 100). 143 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
- How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash cost per 1M tokens?
- As of 24 Oct 2026, Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $9.00 per 1M output tokens, $3.38 blended (three input tokens per output token).
- Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?
- As of 24 Oct 2026, Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B are neck and neck on quality (63.1 vs 63.1, inside the ±5.7 margin of error) and cost about the same, so speed decides it: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) streams 5.2× faster. The head-to-head page has the benchmark-by-benchmark detail.
- When was Gemini 3.5 Flash released?
- Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash on 19 May 2026. BenchLeader has results for it at 5 reasoning-effort settings.
Data as of 24 Oct 2026. Compare these configurations.
Cite as: BenchLeader, “Gemini 3.5 Flash: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 24 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/gemini-3-5-flash.