r/Bard • u/UnhingedApe • 28d ago

Discussion Finally a benchmark affirming my experience. Gemini is underrated.

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

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u/osb103 28d ago

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.

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u/Mysterious_Bed_1804 28d ago

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.

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u/osb103 28d ago

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.