# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-5

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GPT-5 in 7 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

Gemini 3.6 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5: $3.4375000000000004 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.6 Flash: closed weights.

GPT-5: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GPT-5 in General LLM at #19 against #95.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GPT-5 in Reasoning at #25 against #103.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GPT-5 in Science at #9 against #54.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GPT-5 in Coding › Web dev at #41 against #72.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GPT-5 in Long context at #30 against #142.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GPT-5 in Factuality at #23 against #119.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GPT-5 in Abstraction (ARC) at #13 against #34.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash is ranked #9 in Science (since Oct 15, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, GPT-5 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Aug 27, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).