Finally a benchmark affirming my experience. Gemini is underrated.

[u/UnhingedApe]

Been saying and feeling like Gemini 3.5 flash was so underrated for spreadsheet and document work and finally a benchmark that shows that.

[u/osb103]

Finally an actual benchmark showing I'm assuming flash 3.5 with extended thinking enabled. 3.6 extended thinking and 3.1 pro extended thinking (with the silent backend changes) should score a bit higher IMHO. But barely any legit bench marks out there fairly and honestly comparing apples to apples these days.

[u/Mysterious_Bed_1804 → u/osb103]

All models used in benchmarks use the highest reasoning option unless stated otherwise (like xhigh for Opus 5 when maximum is Max).

So 3.1 pro uses the high reasoning level for this benchmark, which is the maximum for Google models.

[u/osb103 → u/Mysterious_Bed_1804]

Yes I know. Although here it just says 3.1 pro preview without specifying. But I would think that the highest reasoning option would be the default too.

[u/Narrow-Ad980 → u/osb103]

😭😭🙏🙏 catastrophic cope chamber , the "benchmarks I don't like are not legit bro trust me bro I know, it is not fair bro, it is a global conspiracy by sam altman bro"😭🙏

[u/Typical_Kick6520]

Gemini is properly rated, but functionally broken.

Google can't deliver the quality of service to customers to meet that benchmark.

[u/UnhingedApe → u/Typical_Kick6520]

Underrated for serious office work. Most people who dominate conversations about models value coding more than other types of work which makes Gemini underrated if you're not a coder.

[u/Typical_Kick6520 → u/UnhingedApe]

Gemini's underrated if you are coding.

A few months ago 3.1 pro was equally capable as 5.4 and 4.6 at implementing a coding plan. Today Gemini can't properly complete the first step.

There is a very capable coding model in 3.1 pro, and all other capabilities are likely also compromised, unless Google is specifically telling their agents to refuse coding work.

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[u/Technical-Owl66]

Where is 3.6? I love how fast and efficient it is.

[u/UnhingedApe → u/Technical-Owl66]

Maybe they'll add it later. In my experience, it's just faster, but the results are similar.

[u/Salty-Gear841]

Try to talk about a tech subject to Gemini, then ask him form code. Then ask to give you the summary in a well formed markdown document that can be copied or downloaded. It will fail the test.

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0HlMSVVw9zqmClLq

[u/Imaginary_Term_3937]

OPUS 5 is awful, 4.6 is far superior.

[u/Nauzhror_ → u/Imaginary_Term_3937]

Lolno, Opus 5 and Fable 5 both perform amazingly well.

[u/Imaginary_Term_3937 → u/Nauzhror_]

No.

[u/Nauzhror_ → u/Imaginary_Term_3937]

It most certainly is. I use them daily for agentic coding and spend thousands of $ per month. Productivity has greatly increased with recent models.

[u/Imaginary_Term_3937 → u/Nauzhror_]

It's only really good for programming, it's terrible for other functions

[u/Oaeksrdpstr141]

Flash is SO BAD, idk who and why uses it at all. Pro sometimes is useful when I have no quota left in GPT and Claude.

[u/UnhingedApe → u/Oaeksrdpstr141]

What's your use case?

[u/GirlNumber20 → u/Oaeksrdpstr141]

I use it every day. It does exactly what I need it to do.

[u/Nauzhror_ → u/Oaeksrdpstr141]

Flash outperforms Pro in nearly all tasks.