# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Sol

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads GPT-5.6 Sol in 5 of 10 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

Gemini 3.8 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5.6 Sol: $8.000000000000002 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: closed weights.

GPT-5.6 Sol: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads GPT-5.6 Sol in General LLM at #7 against #17.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads GPT-5.6 Sol in Reasoning at #6 against #12.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads GPT-5.6 Sol in Science at #4 against #13.
- Which to pick, Coding: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads Gemini 3.8 Flash in Coding at #9 against #15.
- Which to pick, Coding › Agentic: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads Gemini 3.8 Flash in Coding › Agentic at #9 against #15.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads Gemini 3.8 Flash in Coding › Web dev at #21 against #27.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads GPT-5.6 Sol in Long context at #5 against #13.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads Gemini 3.8 Flash in Vision at #3 against #15.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol leads Gemini 3.8 Flash in Factuality at #14 against #17.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads GPT-5.6 Sol in Abstraction (ARC) at #1 against #3.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol is near state of the art, rank #3 in Vision (since Oct 14, 2026; sources GDP.pdf; methodology v1.0).