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Data points: 91

Model compare

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-4o

The readout for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-4o, before the detailed comparison sheet.

Model A

Gemini

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Google

Leading
vs

Model B

OpenAI

GPT-4o

OpenAI

Contender

Key Takeaways

Weighted outcome: Gemini 3.6 Flash. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Decision read

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 86.7 to 13.3.

Evidence depth

91 data points

Includes 14 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.

Selection signal

Start with Gemini 3.6 Flash

The charts below split 21 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.

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Comparison sheetWhen to choose each modelBenchmark score comparisonAPI audit comparisonProvider examplesFAQ

Comparison sheet

This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-4o: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Model compare
GeminiGemini 3.6 Flash
OpenAIGPT-4o
Overall leaderLeadingContender
Weighted overall score86.7 pts13.3 pts
Benchmark category leads4 categories0 categories
Operational advantagesCheapest input priceFree providers, Provider coverage
Context window1.0M tokens128K tokens
Max output65.5K tokens16.4K tokens
Modalities

Input

TextImagevideoFileAudio

Output

Text

Input

TextImageFile

Output

Text
Features
Text inputImage inputFile inputAudio inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning
Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeWeb search

The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.

Model metadata

Model compare
GeminiGemini 3.6 Flash
OpenAIGPT-4o
DeveloperGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedJul 2026Nov 2024
ParametersNo dataNo data
TokenizerGeminiGPT
Knowledge cutoffNo data2023-10-31
OpenRouter IDgoogle/gemini-3.6-flashopenai/gpt-4o
ReferencesNo dataNo data

When to choose each model

This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-4o: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Gemini

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price).

OpenAI

GPT-4o

GPT-4o has these operational advantages: Free providers, Provider coverage.

Benchmark score comparison

Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.

Category performance

Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.

Model A coverage
5 / 8
Model B coverage
6 / 8
Shared
4 shared categories

Avg. score

Gemini 3.6 Flash

55.8

Avg. score

GPT-4o

43.2

Agents

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 15.0

Gemini 3.6 Flash54.1
GPT-4o39.1

Coding

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 10.0

Gemini 3.6 Flash56.3
GPT-4o46.3

Reasoning

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 18.6

Gemini 3.6 Flash59.1
GPT-4o40.5

Knowledge

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads by 8.2

Gemini 3.6 Flash57.9
GPT-4o49.7

Math

GPT-4o

Gemini 3.6 Flash-
GPT-4o42.2

Multilingual

No data

Gemini 3.6 Flash-
GPT-4o-

Multimodal

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash51.6
GPT-4o-

Instruction following

GPT-4o

Gemini 3.6 Flash-
GPT-4o41.5

Professional benchmark details

Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.

Aggregatereported

BenchLM overall score

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

70.0

Rank #17/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+27.0

GPT-4o

43.0

Rank #82/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13

Pricingverified

Output price

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash (high)

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

$7.50/M

Rank #116/169 · confidence 4

+$2.50/M

GPT-4o

$10.00/M

Rank #126/169 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Blended price

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash (high)

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

$3.00/M

Rank #117/169 · confidence 4

+$1.38/M

GPT-4o

$4.38/M

Rank #133/169 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Input price

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash (high)

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

$1.50/M

Rank #122/169 · confidence 4

+$1.00/M

GPT-4o

$2.50/M

Rank #137/169 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

GPQA

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash (high)

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

92.8%

Rank #8/194 · confidence 4

+38.5%

GPT-4o

54.3%

Rank #162/194 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

HLE

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash (high)

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

38.3%

Rank #18/193 · confidence 4

+35.0%

GPT-4o

3.3%

Rank #186/193 · confidence 4

Codingverified

SciCode

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash (high)

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

52.7%

Rank #15/191 · confidence 4

+19.4%

GPT-4o

33.3%

Rank #126/191 · confidence 4

Codingreported

AA-SciCode

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

52.7

Rank #19/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+19.4

GPT-4o

33.3

Rank #85/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13

Knowledgereported

AA-GPQA Diamond

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

92.8

Rank #8/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+38.5

GPT-4o

54.3

Rank #96/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13

Knowledgereported

AA-Omniscience Accuracy

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

50.2

Rank #10/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+30.5

GPT-4o

19.7

Rank #80/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13

Knowledgereported

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

50.1

Rank #16/104 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+38.9

GPT-4o

11.2

Rank #95/104 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13

Knowledgereported

AA-HLE

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

38.3

Rank #17/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+35.0

GPT-4o

3.3

Rank #99/101 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13

Knowledgereported

AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

53.5

Rank #64/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+15.6

GPT-4o

37.9

Rank #79/95 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13

Multimodalreported

Design Arena Website

SourceGemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash

winner

1319.0

Rank #8/69 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-07-21

+463.0

GPT-4o

856.0

Rank #68/69 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13

API audit comparison

Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.

Provider
GeminiGemini 3.6 Flash
OpenAIGPT-4o
No completed audits are available from shared providers yet.

Provider examples

Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.

Provider
GeminiGemini 3.6 Flash
OpenAIGPT-4o
KFCV505 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.6 Flash

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

OpenAI

GPT-4o

speed / latency

48 tok/s / 13138ms

input / output

No data

YUNWU API5 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.6 Flash

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

OpenAI

GPT-4o

speed / latency

58 tok/s / 2583ms

input / output

No data

ZEN-AI VIP3 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.6 Flash

gemini-3.6-flash

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

$0.062/M/$0.308/M

OpenAI

GPT-4o

gpt-4o-2024-05-13

speed / latency

40 tok/s / 2993ms

input / output

$3.08/M/$9.25/M

AAAI0 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.6 Flash

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

OpenAI

GPT-4o

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

Aiberm0 tests
Gemini

Gemini 3.6 Flash

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

OpenAI

GPT-4o

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

兔子API
Gemini

Gemini 3.6 Flash

gemini-3.6-flash

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

OpenAI

GPT-4o

gpt-4o-2024-05-13

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

GankInterview LLM
Gemini

Gemini 3.6 Flash

gemini-3.6-flash

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$1.00/M/$4.00/M

OpenAI

GPT-4o

gpt-4o

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.025/M/$0.100/M

FAQ

Weighted outcome: Gemini 3.6 Flash. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Why is this comparison indexable?
It has 4 verifiable comparison points, and both models have pricing or benchmark data.
Are missing metrics invented?
No. Metrics without LMSpeed data are omitted from this report.

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Data as of Jul 29, 2026, 12:57 PM·Rankings are based on community-submitted tests and periodic health probes. Advisory only, not official data.