Google ranks #2 of 91 providers on BenchLeader by its best model, with 40 ranked models, 2 of them in the overall top 20. Its best model is Gemini 4 Argon at 70.8 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in composite. Prices run from $0.040 to $4.50 per million tokens blended; Gemma 4 E4B is the cheapest ranked option. The fastest is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite at 430 tokens per second. 17 of its 99 models ship open weights. It has shipped 35 dated releases, roughly one every 15 days; the last was 6 Oct 2026, so the next would be due between 15 Oct 2026 and 27 Oct 2026 on that pattern.
Google DeepMind builds the Gemini models (Pro, Flash, Flash-Lite, Deep Think) and the open Gemma family; distributed through Gemini apps, Vertex AI and AI Studio.
- Provider rank
- #2
- by best model
- Best index
- 70.8
- Gemini 4 Argon (high)
- Ranked models
- 40
- 17 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.040/M
- Gemma 4 E4B
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
- Google40
Next release
Over the last two years Google shipped 35 distinct models, one every 15 days on median. The latest arrived on 6 Oct 2026.
If the cadence holds, the next one lands between 15 Oct 2026 and 27 Oct 2026.
An estimate from past release dates only. It knows nothing about roadmaps or announcements.
Fastest ranked model: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite at 430 tok/s.
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Models
Every Google model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
99 of 99
| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 4 Argonhigh | 70.8±3 | $4.00 | 79 | 57 s | 1.0M | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-22 |
| 2 | Gemini 3.8 Flashhigh | 64.4±4 | $1.50 | 141 | 25 s | 1.0M | 2026-09-02 | 2026-10-22 |
| 3 | Gemini 3.7 Flashhigh | 63.5±4 | $1.50 | 88 | 2.45 s | 1.0M | 2026-08-13 | 2026-10-22 |
| 4 | Gemini 3.5 Flashhigh | 63.1±3 | $3.38 | 222 | 14 s | 1.0M | 2026-05-19 | 2026-10-22 |
| 5 | Gemini 3.6 Flashhigh | 62.0±3 | $1.50 | 202 | 16 s | 1.0M | 2026-07-21 | 2026-10-22 |
| 6 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 60.6±4 | $4.50 | 132 | 21 s | 1.0M | 2026-02-19 | 2026-10-22 |
| 7 | Gemini 3 Pro | 60.4±3 | – | – | – | – | 2025-11-18 | 2026-10-22 |
| 8 | Gemini 3 Flashthinking | 59.1±5 | $1.13 | 222 | 5.97 s | 1.0M | 2025-12-17 | 2025-12-17 · stale |
| 9 | Gemma 4 26B A4Bopen ↗ | 56.2±8 | $0.198 | 46 | 0.52 s | 262k | 2026-04-02 | 2026-10-22 |
| 10 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | 54.5±6 | $0.850 | 430 | 6.94 s | 1.0M | 2026-07-21 | 2026-10-22 |
| 11 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | 53.9±3 | $3.44 | 121 | 24 s | 1.0M | 2025-03-25 | 2026-10-22 |
| 12 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | 53.7±4 | $0.563 | 390 | 4.50 s | 1.0M | 2026-03-03 | 2026-10-22 |
| 13 | Gemini 2.5 Flash | 52.7±4 | $0.850 | – | – | 1.0M | 2025-04-17 | 2026-10-22 |
| 14 | Gemma 4 31Bthinkingopen ↗ | 52.0±8 | $0.250 | 36 | 49 s | 262k | 2026-04-02 | 2026-04-02 · stale |
| 15 | Gemini 2.5 Flash 09 2025thinking | 51.1±3 | – | – | – | 1M | 2025-09-25 | 2026-10-13 |
| 16 | Gemma 4 12Bthinkingopen ↗ | 50.5±8 | $0.150 | 120 | 19 s | 262k | 2026-06-03 | 2026-06-03 |
| 17 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | 48.3±6 | $0.175 | – | – | 1.0M | 2025-06-17 | 2025-11-24 · stale |
| 18 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 09thinking | 47.9±3 | $0.175 | – | – | 1M | 2025-09-25 | 2026-10-13 |
| 19 | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | 47.2±4 | – | – | – | 1M | 2025-02-05 | 2026-10-22 |
| 20 | Gemini 2.0 Pro | 47.0±7 | – | – | – | 2M | 2025-02-05 | 2026-09-01 |
| 21 | Gemini 1.5 Pro | 46.1±4 | – | – | – | 2M | 2024-05-15 | 2026-10-22 |
| 22 | DiffusionGemma 26B A4Bopen | 45.4±7 | – | – | – | 256k | 2026-06-10 | 2026-06-10 |
| 23 | Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinkingthinking | 44.9±5 | – | – | – | 2M | 2024-12-19 | 2026-09-01 |
| 24 | Gemma 4 E4Bthinkingopen ↗ | 44.5±4 | $0.040 | 39 | 52 s | 131k | 2026-04-03 | 2026-04-03 · stale |
| 25 | Gemini 1.5 Flash | 44.3±4 | – | – | – | 1M | 2024-05-14 | 2026-10-22 |
| 26 | Gemini 2.0 Flash | 43.2±4 | – | – | – | 1M | 2025-02-05 | 2026-10-22 |
| 27 | Gemini 1.5 Pro 002 | 41.6±5 | – | – | – | – | 2024-09-24 | 2026-10-13 |
| 28 | Gemma 4 E2Bthinkingopen ↗ | 41.6±5 | $0.050 | – | – | 131k | 2026-04-02 | 2026-04-02 · stale |
| 29 | Gemma 2 27Bopen ↗ | 41.0±5 | $0.650 | 36 | 1.27 s | 8k | 2024-06-24 | 2026-10-22 |
| 30 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | 40.4±5 | – | – | – | 1.0M | 2024-10-03 | 2026-10-22 |
| 31 | Gemma 2 9B | 39.0±5 | – | – | – | – | 2024-06-24 | 2026-10-22 |
| 32 | Gemma 3 27Bopen ↗ | 38.9±4 | $0.150 | 27 | 0.82 s | 131k | 2025-03-12 | 2026-10-22 |
| 33 | Gemma 3 270Mopen ↗ | 38.9±8 | – | – | – | 32k | 2025-08-14 | 2025-08-14 · stale |
| 34 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 002 | 38.3±6 | – | – | – | – | 2024-09-24 | 2026-10-13 |
| 35 | Gemma 3n E2B ITopen | 37.3±5 | – | – | – | 32k | 2025-06-26 | 2025-06-26 · stale |
| 36 | Gemma 3 12Bopen ↗ | 36.9±5 | $0.075 | 45 | 0.57 s | 131k | 2025-03-12 | 2026-10-22 |
| 37 | Palm 2 | 36.1±4 | – | – | – | 8k | 2023-05-10 | 2026-10-22 |
| 38 | Gemma 3n E4Bopen ↗ | 35.7±6 | – | – | – | 32k | 2025-06-26 | 2026-10-22 |
| 39 | Gemma 3 4Bopen ↗ | 34.5±4 | $0.063 | 112 | 0.70 s | 131k | 2025-03-12 | 2026-10-22 |
| 40 | Gemma 3 1Bopen | 32.9±5 | – | – | – | 32k | 2025-03-12 | 2025-03-13 · stale |
| 41 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 001 | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-05-23 | 2026-08-12 |
| 42 | Gemini Advanced 0514 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-10-22 |
| 43 | Gemini Pro Latest | – | $4.50 | – | – | 1.0M | 2026-02-19 | 2026-10-22 |
| 44 | Gemma 1.1 2B | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-10-22 |
| 45 | Gemma 1.1 7B | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-10-22 |
| 46 | Gemma 2 2B ITopen | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-07-16 | 2026-10-22 |
| 47 | Gemma 2 9B IT SimPO | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-10-22 |
| 48 | Gemma 2B(Feb 2024) | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-02-21 | 2026-10-22 |
| 49 | Gemma 7B(Feb 2024) | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-02-21 | 2026-10-22 |
| 50 | Gemini 1.0 Pro 001 | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-12-13 | 2023-12-13 · stale |
| 51 | Gemini 1.5 Pro 001 | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-05-14 | 2024-05-14 · stale |
| 52 | Gemini 3 Deep Thinkthinking | – | – | – | – | 128k | 2026-02-05 | 2026-02-12 · stale |
| 53 | Gemini 1.0 Pro | – | – | – | – | 33k | 2023-12-06 | 2023-12-06 · stale |
| 54 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B 001 | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-10-03 | 2024-10-03 · stale |
| 55 | Gemini 1206 | – | $0.850 | – | – | 2.1M | 2024-12-06 | 2024-12-22 · stale |
| 56 | Gemini 3 Deepthinking | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-02-12 | 2026-02-12 · stale |
| 57 | AI Co-Mathematician | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-05-08 | 2026-05-08 |
| 58 | Barium Bbhigh | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-28 |
| 59 | Gemini 1.0 Pro 002 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-10-13 |
| 60 | Gemini 1.5 Pro 001 Feb24 | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-02-15 | 2024-02-15 · stale |
| 61 | Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 001 | – | – | – | – | 1M | 2025-02-25 | 2025-02-25 · stale |
| 62 | Gemini 2.5 Deep Thinkthinking | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-05-20 · stale |
| 63 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Customtools | – | $4.50 | 74 | 2.46 s | 1.0M | 2026-02-19 | 2026-02-19 · stale |
| 64 | Gemini Flash 2.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 65 | Gemma 3 27B IT Fast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 66 | Gemma 3n E4B Instruct Preview (May '25)open | – | – | – | – | 32k | 2025-05-20 | 2025-05-20 · stale |
| 67 | Chirp 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 68 | Deep Research 04 2026 | – | $4.50 | – | – | 131k | 2026-04-21 | – |
| 69 | Deep Research Max 04 2026 | – | $4.50 | – | – | 131k | 2026-04-21 | – |
| 70 | Gemini 1.0 Pro Vision | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-01-04 | – |
| 71 | Gemini 2.5 Computer Use 10 2025 | – | $3.44 | – | – | 128k | 2025-10-07 | – |
| 72 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio 12 2025no reasoning | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 73 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Grounding | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 74 | Gemini 3 Flash Grounding | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 75 | Gemini 3 Pro Grounding | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 76 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Livethinking | – | $1.69 | – | – | 131k | 2026-03-26 | – |
| 77 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Grounding | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 78 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Exahigh | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 79 | Gemini Deep Research Agent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 80 | Gemini Flash Latest | – | $1.50 | – | – | 1.0M | 2026-08-13 | – |
| 81 | Gemini Flash-Lite Latest | – | $0.850 | – | – | 1.0M | 2026-07-21 | – |
| 82 | Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-04-14 | – |
| 83 | gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-09-26 | – |
| 84 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT (MaaS)open | – | $0.262 | – | – | 262k | 2026-04-02 | – |
| 85 | Lyria 3 Clip | – | – | 8 | 2.54 s | 1.0M | 2026-03-25 | – |
| 86 | Lyria 3 Pro | – | – | 16 | 4.98 s | 1.0M | 2026-03-25 | – |
| 87 | Nano Banana 2.1 | – | $8.63 | – | 7.85 s | 131k | 2026-10-06 | – |
| 88 | PaLM 2-L | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-05-17 | – |
| 89 | PaLM 2-M | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-05-17 | – |
| 90 | PaLM 2-S | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-05-17 | – |
| 91 | Palm 540B | – | – | – | – | – | 2022-04-04 | – |
| 92 | PaLM 62B | – | – | – | – | – | 2022-04-04 | – |
| 93 | Switch-Base | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 94 | Switch-Large | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 95 | T5-11B | – | – | – | – | – | 2019-10-23 | – |
| 96 | T5-3B | – | – | – | – | – | 2019-10-23 | – |
| 97 | T5-Base | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 98 | T5-Large | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 99 | T5-Small | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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