Gemini 3.6 Flash vs O1 Mini
As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads O1 Mini in 2 of 3 shared categories: Science and Abstraction (ARC).
Gemini 3.6 Flash
#9 Best recorded rank: #9 in Science, as of Oct 15, 2026.
O1 Mini
It used to be. Was SOTA in Reasoning.
| Category | Gemini 3.6 Flash | O1 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #19 · #19 in General LLM Margin 10.106382978723403 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #11 · #11 in General LLM Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Feb 6, 2025 |
| Reasoning | #25 · #25 in Reasoning Margin 13.829787234042556 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Was SOTA · Reasoning Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Mar 11, 2025 |
| Math | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Apr 16, 2025 |
| Science | #9 · #9 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 21, 2026 | #106 · #106 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 12, 2024 |
| Coding | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Mar 25, 2025 |
| Coding › Web dev | #41 · #41 in Coding › Web dev Margin 32 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Long context | #30 · #30 in Long context Margin 15.957446808510639 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Feb 11, 2025 |
| Vision | #29 · #29 in Vision Margin 86.84210526315789 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 21, 2026 | — |
| Factuality | #23 · #23 in Factuality Margin 13.95348837209302 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #13 · #13 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 21, 2026 | #79 · #79 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 12, 2024 |
Gemini 3.6 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.
O1 Mini: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.
Gemini 3.6 Flash: closed weights.
O1 Mini: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, O1 Mini leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in General LLM at #11 against #19.
Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads O1 Mini in Science at #9 against #106.
Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads O1 Mini in Abstraction (ARC) at #13 against #79.
Gemini 3.6 Flash or O1 Mini?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads O1 Mini in 2 of 3 shared categories: Science and Abstraction (ARC).
Gemini 3.6 Flash or O1 Mini for General LLM?
As of Oct 15, 2026, O1 Mini leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in General LLM at #11 against #19.
Gemini 3.6 Flash or O1 Mini for Science?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads O1 Mini in Science at #9 against #106.
Gemini 3.6 Flash or O1 Mini for Abstraction (ARC)?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads O1 Mini in Abstraction (ARC) at #13 against #79.