Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium)
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 14 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1306±7 from 14,061 votes. Its best category is OCR (#13 of 123). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #14 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: OCR (#13 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 |  Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic | 1312 | 26,841 | Proprietary | +6 |
| 12 |  Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) Meta | 1308 | 5,392 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 13 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) Google | 1308 | 13,862 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 14 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) Google | 1306 | 14,061 | Proprietary | |
| 15 | Muse Spark Meta | 1306 | 5,865 | Proprietary | +0 |
| 16 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 1305 | 13,623 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 17 | Muse Spark 1.2 (xHigh) Meta | 1304 | 1,948 | Proprietary | -2 |
Alternatives · More from Google
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) Google | 1315 | 4,645 | Proprietary |
| 8 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Google | 1314 | 5,369 | Proprietary |
| 13 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) Google | 1308 | 13,862 | Proprietary |
| 16 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 1305 | 13,623 | Proprietary |
| 20 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) Google | 1299 | 8,979 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 14 (1306); OCR rank 13 (1317); Diagrams rank 15 (1323); Homework rank 16 (1330); Creative writing rank 17 (1301); Humor rank 10 (1313); English rank 15 (1299); Chinese rank 7 (1375) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) at OCR?
Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) ranks 13 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1317 (9,712 votes).
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #7 of 128 (1375); English board: #15 of 167 (1299). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) has 1306, 19 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.