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Gemini 3.6 Pro vs Cohere: North Mini Code (free) benchmark

Name: Gemini 3.6 Pro vs Cohere: North Mini Code (free) AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Gemini 3.6 Pro (Google) and Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (Cohere) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Cohere: North Mini Code (free) wins on output price at $0/1M. Gemini 3.6 Pro has the larger context window (2M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Gemini 3.6 Pro

Current Google Pro-class multimodal model. Long context, strong coding, billed like the 3.x Pro tier.

Elo 1,570$5/1M out

Cohere

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (cohere/north-mini-code:free). Preview until a second source matches.

$0/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Gemini 3.6 Pro (8)vsCohere: North Mini Code (free) (2)

Gemini 3.6 Pro: 8W (80%)Overall: Gemini 3.6 ProCohere: North Mini Code (free): 2W (20%)

← Gemini 3.6 ProCohere: North Mini Code (free) →

Gemini 3.6 Pro (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,570vs—

Coding Elo

1,566vs—

SWE-bench

74.6%vs—

LiveBench

71.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

84.4%vs—

Gemini 3.6 Pro: 5WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W

Gemini 3.6 Pro (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

102 tok/svs—

Time to first token

205 msvs—

Gemini 3.6 Pro: 2WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W

Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$5/1Mvs$0/1M

Input price

$1.25/1Mvs$0/1M

Context window

2Mvs256k

Gemini 3.6 Pro: 1WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 2W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageGemini 3.6 Pro 5/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Price Efficiency

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

$5.00/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,570

EloHigh is better

—

Code Elo

High is better

1,566

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

71.8%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

74.6%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

84.4%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

205 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

102 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

$1.25/1M

In $Low is better

$0/1M

Out $

Low is better

$5/1M

Out $Low is better

$0/1M

Context

High is better

+681%2M

ContextHigh is better

256k

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Cohere: North Mini Code (free):Pick Cohere: North Mini Code (free) when you are optimizing output cost.
2
Gemini 3.6 Pro:Pick Gemini 3.6 Pro for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatCohere: North Mini Code (free)

Lower output list price ($0/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGGemini 3.6 Pro

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 3.6 Pro

Gemini 3.6 Pro is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Cohere: North Mini Code (free)	Lower output list price ($0/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Gemini 3.6 Pro	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 3.6 Pro	Gemini 3.6 Pro is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Google

Gemini 3.6 Pro

Elo 1,570

LiveBench71.8%

SWE-bench74.6%

Speed102 tok/s

Output cost$5/1M

Cohere

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$0/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 3.6 Pro or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Gemini 3.6 Pro or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Cohere: North Mini Code (free) output tokens are $0/1M versus $5/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Gemini 3.6 Pro or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Gemini 3.6 Pro accepts 2M tokens versus 256k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 3.6 Pro and Cohere: North Mini Code (free) Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Gemini 3.6 Pro (8)vsCohere: North Mini Code (free) (2)

Gemini 3.6 Pro: 8W (80%)Overall: Gemini 3.6 ProCohere: North Mini Code (free): 2W (20%)

← Gemini 3.6 ProCohere: North Mini Code (free) →

Gemini 3.6 Pro (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,570vs—

Coding Elo

1,566vs—

SWE-bench

74.6%vs—

LiveBench

71.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

84.4%vs—

Gemini 3.6 Pro: 5WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W

Gemini 3.6 Pro (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

102 tok/svs—

Time to first token

205 msvs—

Gemini 3.6 Pro: 2WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 0W

Cohere: North Mini Code (free) (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$5/1Mvs$0/1M

Input price

$1.25/1Mvs$0/1M

Context window

2Mvs256k

Gemini 3.6 Pro: 1WCohere: North Mini Code (free): 2W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatCohere: North Mini Code (free)

Lower output list price ($0/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGGemini 3.6 Pro

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 3.6 Pro

Gemini 3.6 Pro is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Cohere: North Mini Code (free)	Lower output list price ($0/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Gemini 3.6 Pro	Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 3.6 Pro	Gemini 3.6 Pro is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 3.6 Pro or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Gemini 3.6 Pro or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Cohere: North Mini Code (free) output tokens are $0/1M versus $5/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Gemini 3.6 Pro or Cohere: North Mini Code (free)?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Pro accepts 2M tokens versus 256k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 3.6 Pro and Cohere: North Mini Code (free) Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Intelligence & Reasoning

Speed & Latency

Pricing & Capacity

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

No shared data

No shared data

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

Key Selection Recommendations

Recommended Workload Routing

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Pricing & Capacity

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

No shared data

No shared data

Cohere: North Mini Code (free)

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

Key Selection Recommendations

Recommended Workload Routing

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Gemini Flash vs Pro: when Flash is the whole product

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