Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal)
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 48 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1266±5 from 37,173 votes. Its best category is Entity recognition (#4 of 51). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #48 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Entity recognition (#4 of 51).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google | 1269 | 9,238 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 46 |  Kimi K2.5 (Thinking) Moonshot AI | 1269 | 28,249 | Modified MIT | +3 |
| 47 |  GPT-5.2 Chat (20260210) OpenAI | 1268 | 16,465 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 48 | Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) Google | 1266 | 37,173 | Proprietary | |
| 49 | SStep 5 Preview StepFun | 1265 | 1,649 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 50 |  GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai | 1264 | 42,757 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 51 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Google | 1263 | 88,755 | Proprietary | -3 |
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 (Minimal) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 48 (1266); OCR rank 49 (1272); Diagrams rank 53 (1276); Homework rank 37 (1298); Captioning rank 14 (1241); Entity recognition rank 4 (1311); Creative writing rank 22 (1293); Humor rank 32 (1277); English rank 61 (1258); Chinese rank 42 (1317) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) at OCR?
Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) ranks 49 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1272 (25,665 votes).
Is Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #42 of 128 (1317); English board: #61 of 167 (1258). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) has 1266, 59 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 –.