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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Gemini 3.6 Flash (High)
Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) is ahead on Arena (1480 vs 1458): in a blind vote people prefer it about 53% of the time.
Gemini 2.5 Pro1458Arena chat · #42 of 418
Gemini 3.6 Flash (High)1480Arena chat · #20 of 418
Arena scores by category
| Category | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | 1458 | 1480 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) |
| Coding | 1226 | 1538 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) |
| Vision | 1263 | 1299 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) |
| Documents | 1421 | 1456 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) |
Scores from blind human votes on Arena. A gap under 10 points is too small to call.
Size and where to use them free
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | ||
| Size | not public | not public |
| 4-bit download | — | — |
| Use it free | Proprietary license | Proprietary license |
Speed at home
| Hardware | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3090 | online only | online only |
| RTX 4090 | online only | online only |
| RTX 5090 | online only | online only |
| RX 7900 XTX | online only | online only |
| Mac M4 Max 128 GB | online only | online only |
| Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128 GB | online only | online only |
Estimates at 4-bit with an 8K context, 64 GB of system RAM for offload, calibrated on 44 real llama.cpp tests.
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