Gemini 3 Flash
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 3 Flash is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 32 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1285±5 from 39,131 votes. Its best category is Entity recognition (#2 of 51). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #32 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Entity recognition (#2 of 51).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 |  GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) OpenAI | 1288 | 2,330 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 30 |  Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xHigh) Anthropic | 1287 | 2,564 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 31 |  Grok 4.5 xAI | 1287 | 12,599 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 32 | Gemini 3 Flash Google | 1285 | 39,131 | Proprietary | |
| 33 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic | 1283 | 27,408 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT | -3 |
| 35 | GPT-5.6 Sol (xHigh) OpenAI | 1281 | 11,439 | Proprietary | -4 |
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 Flash rank among vision models?
Overall rank 32 (1285); OCR rank 34 (1291); Diagrams rank 41 (1290); Homework rank 26 (1313); Captioning rank 6 (1281); Entity recognition rank 2 (1336); Creative writing rank 11 (1314); Humor rank 18 (1291); English rank 40 (1276); Chinese rank 35 (1329) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 3 Flash at OCR?
Gemini 3 Flash ranks 34 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1291 (26,690 votes).
Is Gemini 3 Flash better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #35 of 128 (1329); English board: #40 of 167 (1276). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 3 Flash open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 3 Flash from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 3 Flash has 1285, 40 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 –.