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Gemini 3 Flash on LiveCodeBench: score, rank and what it means

Gemini 3 Flash scores 79.3 on LiveCodeBench, placing it #51 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.

Score
79.3
0–100 scale
Rank
#51
of 600
Percentile
92th
within the index
Benchmark avg
61.0
all models
Leader
85.1
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning
Gap to leader
5.8
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on LiveCodeBench, with Gemini 3 Flash highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning 85.1
Grok 4 Reasoning 85.1
Claude Opus 4.5 85.0
GPT-5.2 Max 84.8
Grok 4 Turbo 84.7
GPT-5.1 Turbo 84.6
GPT-5.2 Pro 84.6
GPT-5.2 Reasoning 84.6
Claude Opus 4.5 Pro 84.1
Gemini 3 Pro Max 83.6

Top 10 leaderboard

#ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
1 Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning Anthropic 400000 $19.48 87.7
2 Grok 4 Reasoning xAI 2000000 $19.67 87.8
3 Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic 400000 $19.42 87.7
4 GPT-5.2 Max OpenAI 1000000 $21.39 89.2
5 Grok 4 Turbo xAI 1000000 $19.21 86.7
6 GPT-5.1 Turbo OpenAI 2000000 $19.19 86.1
7 GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI 2000000 $21.32 89.6
8 GPT-5.2 Reasoning OpenAI 1000000 $20.98 87.5
9 Claude Opus 4.5 Pro Anthropic 200000 $20.98 89.1
10 Gemini 3 Pro Max Google DeepMind 2000000 $20.57 87.9

What this score means

On LiveCodeBench, Gemini 3 Flash sits at #51 of 600. The leader, Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning, scores 85.1, so the gap to the top is 5.8 points. The median model in this index scores 64.7, which puts Gemini 3 Flash above the midpoint.

Google DeepMind models average 70.8 on this benchmark. Gemini 3 Flash is 8.5 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Google DeepMind model.

Among multimodal models, the average is 70.3. Gemini 3 Flash is 9.0 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.

Read a 79.3 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.

Price context

At $15.67 per million input tokens, Gemini 3 Flash is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on LiveCodeBench. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.

ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
Grok 3 Max xAI 2000000 $17.66 85.9
Claude 3.7 Sonnet Reasoning Anthropic 128000 $16.30 83.7
DeepSeek-R1 Instruct DeepSeek 1000000 $5.90 83.1
DeepSeek-R1 Chat DeepSeek 400000 $5.62 82.4
Gemini 3 Flash Google DeepMind 128000 $15.67 83.6
Claude Haiku 4.5 Max Anthropic 200000 $15.98 83.8
Gemini 3 Pro Vision Google DeepMind 200000 $17.59 85.5

Other benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 83.7 87 86th
GPQA Diamond 80.3 52 91th
SWE-bench Verified 72.5 66 89th
HumanEval 86.2 100 83th
MATH-500 89.0 59 90th
AIME 2025 84.5 44 93th
IFEval 91.0 54 91th
TruthfulQA 84.8 66 89th
HellaSwag 89.8 91 85th
MMMU 78.2 92 85th
Arena Elo 1450.7 71 88th

FAQ

What score does Gemini 3 Flash get on LiveCodeBench?

Gemini 3 Flash scores 79.3 on LiveCodeBench in this index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the top score is 85.1.

How does Gemini 3 Flash rank on LiveCodeBench?

It ranks #51 of 600 models, in the 92nd percentile. The leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.

Is Gemini 3 Flash good at LiveCodeBench?

Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.

How is the LiveCodeBench score calculated?

LiveCodeBench is a coding benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.

What does Gemini 3 Flash cost?

Gemini 3 Flash costs $15.67 per million input tokens and $70.15 per million output tokens.

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