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Real data comparison

Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)

On quality, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch) leads (60.9 vs 56). On price, Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) is cheaper ($0.75 vs $4.00 per 1M). In real production usage, Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) is used more (rank #12 vs #24 of 312).

  • Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)
  • OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)
Quality (Intelligence Index)56 / 60.9
Price ($/1M blended)$0.75 / $4.00
Average usage share2.42% / 0.99%
Best provider uptime100.0% / 100.0%
Coding index76.1 / 77.4
Agentic index45.1 / 57.8
Context window1,048,576 / 1,050,000
Quality per dollar74.7 pts/$ / 15.2 pts/$

Head-to-head by real task

Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) leads 1 of 3 shared task categories by real classified traffic share; OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch) leads 1. Not a benchmark score - this is what developers actually route to each model for, per OpenRouter's task classification.

TaskGoogle: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)
Tool Dispatch2.5%4.1%
Repo Scanning3.0%2.4%
File I/O2.3%2.3%

Usage share over time

6.90%5.18%3.45%1.73%0.00%Share of usageJul 10Aug 3Aug 27
  • Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)
  • OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)

Frequently asked questions

Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch): which is better quality?

OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch) scores higher on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index (60.9 vs 56).

Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch): which is cheaper?

Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) is cheaper at $0.75/1M vs $4.00/1M.

Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch): which is used more?

Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) has higher real OpenRouter usage share (rank #12 vs #24 of 312).

Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch): which wins more real-world task categories?

Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) and OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch) split the 3 shared task categories evenly.

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 28, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.