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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GPT-5.6 Sol
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated August 2026
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2/6 models| Organization | ||
| OpenTools Score | 49 11.0 | 82 4.7 |
| Family | Gemini | GPT-5.6 |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Release Date | Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Context Window | 1.0M tokens | 1.1M tokens |
| Input Price | $1.50/M tokens | $5.00/M tokens |
| Output Price | $7.50/M tokens | $30.00/M tokens |
| Pricing Notes | DeepMind model page lists $1.50 input and $7.50 output per 1M tokens with no caching in the performance table. The ai.google.dev API docs were attempted through ScrapingBee and returned HTTP 400, so exact billing details beyond the official DeepMind price table were not used. | OpenAI pricing page lists $5 input and $30 output per 1M tokens, 90% cache-read discount, and 1.25x cache-write pricing for GPT-5.6. |
| Capabilities | textvisionaudio-inputvideo-inputpdf-inputreasoningcodingtool-usesearch-groundingcomputer-usestructured-output | textvisionreasoningcodingtool-useweb-searchfile-searchcomputer-useagents |
| Max Output | 64K tokens | 128K tokens |
| API Identifier | gemini-3.6-flash | gpt-5.6-sol |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 50artificial-analysis | 59artificial-analysis |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 58.7google-deepmind | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78google-deepmind | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | 1421google-deepmind | — |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index | — | 80artificial-analysis |
| View Gemini 3.6 Flash | View GPT-5.6 Sol | |
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| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.6 FlashCheapest | $1.50 | $3.75 | $5.25 | — |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | $5.00 | $15.00 | $20.00 | +281% |
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google DeepMind general availability Flash model for coding, agentic execution, spatial reasoning, multimodal understanding, and long-context production workflows. Official DeepMind evidence lists 1M input tokens, 64k output tokens, text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs, text output, tool use, Gemini API availability, and $1.50 input / $7.50 output pricing per million tokens.
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GPT-5.6 Sol
GPT-5.6 Sol is OpenAI frontier GPT-5.6 model for complex professional work across coding, knowledge work, science, cybersecurity, and agentic workflows. OpenAI model docs list it as the GPT-5.6 alias target with function, web search, file search, and computer use tools, 1.05M context, and 128K max output.
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