Gemini 3.5 Flash: You really need your own benchmarks. If you are translating hieroglyphics, use Gemini 3.5 Flash. If you are running a vending machine use Opus 4.8.

Google DeepMind silently released Gemini 3.5 Flash via API on May 19, 2026. The model ranks #11 on LM Arena with a score of 1479.46 and #4 on agentic benchmarks with a score of 94, highlighting the need for task-specific model selection over generic benchmarks.

Google DeepMind /providers/google Gemini 3.5 Flash Is Gemini 3.5 Flash out yet? Yes. How we confirmed it Released via the API May 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC An administrator marked this model available silently . Open detection source → https://blog.google/technology/ai/ Waiting for Google DeepMind's next model? One click creates your free account or signs you into an existing one and turns on alerts for Google DeepMind releases. There's no password to set, and you can unsubscribe any time. Benchmarks LM Arena 11 gemini-3.5-flash · via LM Arena · 15,261 votes · captured Jul 3, 2026 · source https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard 1479.46 Coding 29 Gemini 3.5 Flash · via BenchLM.ai · captured Jul 3, 2026 · source https://benchlm.ai/embed/leaderboard?category=coding 76.7 Agentic 4 Gemini 3.5 Flash · via BenchLM.ai · captured Jul 3, 2026 · source https://benchlm.ai/embed/leaderboard?category=agentic 94 Reasoning 17 Gemini 3.5 Flash · via BenchLM.ai · captured Jul 3, 2026 · source https://benchlm.ai/embed/leaderboard?category=reasoning 79.4 MultimodalGrounded 17 Gemini 3.5 Flash · via BenchLM.ai · captured Jul 3, 2026 · source https://benchlm.ai/embed/leaderboard?category=multimodalGrounded 80 InstructionFollowing 39 Gemini 3.5 Flash · via BenchLM.ai · captured Jul 3, 2026 · source https://benchlm.ai/embed/leaderboard?category=instructionFollowing 78 GDP.pdf Gemini 3.5 Flash · via Epoch AI · captured Jul 3, 2026 · source https://epoch.ai/benchmarks/gdp-pdf 14 Sourced metrics mirrored with attribution — not community sentiment. Data from BenchLM.ai https://benchlm.ai . Data from Epoch AI, “AI Benchmarking Hub” https://epoch.ai/benchmarks CC BY 4.0 . Vibe rating How this model actually feels to use, rated by the people here. No vibe ratings yet. Be the first. Sign in /signin to rate this model. Model Pulse How is this model behaving today? One check-in per person per day: the running record of “did they nerf it”. Resets at midnight UTC. No check-ins yet today. Be the first to log how this model is behaving. Sign in /signin Community consensus An AI summary of the public comments here. Not a sourced fact. Not enough public feedback yet to summarize. Add a comment to help build the picture. Compare Gemini 3.5 Flash with another model → /compare?models=gemini-3-5-flash Also waiting on: ChatGPT 5.6 /models/chatgpt-5-6 , Gemini 3.5 Pro /models/gemini-3-5-pro , Claude Fable 5.1 /models/claude-fable-5-1 , Claude Mythos 5.1 /models/claude-mythos-5-1 Comments Missing a model, or wishing OutYet did something it doesn't? Tell us what to build /submit .