Gemini 3.6 Flash (High)
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 20 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1299±8 from 8,979 votes. Its best category is OCR (#17 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 #20 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: OCR (#17 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 |  Muse Spark 1.2 (xHigh) Meta | 1304 | 1,948 | Proprietary | +5 |
| 18 |  GPT-5.4 (High) OpenAI | 1303 | 30,747 | Proprietary | +4 |
| 19 | Muse Spark 1.3 (xHigh) Meta | 1302 | 4,897 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 20 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) Google | 1299 | 8,979 | Proprietary | |
| 21 | GPT-5.5 OpenAI | 1297 | 28,781 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 22 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google | 1296 | 47,114 | Proprietary | -3 |
| 23 |  Claude Opus 4.8 (High) Anthropic | 1294 | 18,303 | Proprietary | -5 |
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 |
| 14 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) Google | 1306 | 14,061 | Proprietary |
| 16 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 1305 | 13,623 | 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 3.6 Flash (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 20 (1299); OCR rank 17 (1312); Diagrams rank 24 (1314); Homework rank 25 (1314); Creative writing rank 32 (1278); Humor rank 19 (1289); English rank 19 (1295); Chinese rank 19 (1357) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) at OCR?
Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) ranks 17 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1312 (6,075 votes).
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #19 of 128 (1357); English board: #19 of 167 (1295). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) has 1299, 26 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 –.