Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Gemini 3 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 54.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 51 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Gemini 3 Pro Google

54.8

Rank #28 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 51 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 6 categories and Gemini 3 Pro in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multimodal, where Gemini 3 Pro leads 57.6 to 37.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 77.1% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 31.1% for Gemini 3 Pro.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Gemini 3 Pro specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index56.754.8
Released2026-02-192025-11-18
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7167

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Gemini 3 Pro: 51.6 (#39)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
SWE-bench Verified75.6%72.9%
LMArena WebDev14471440
GSO22.6%18.6%
WeirdML72.1%69.9%
LMArena Coding14841481
ALE-Bench1,1611,177
AlgoTune2.021.83
DeepSWE11.7%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—74.2%
SWE-bench Multilingual—68.7%
SciCode58.9%—
MirrorCode8.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Gemini 3 Pro: 40.6 (#23)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
Terminal-Bench80.2%69.4%
τ²-bench Banking26%18%
DeepResearch Bench47.8%46.3%
BALROG57%58.1%
LMArena Search12111207
METR Time Horizons77%71%
Vending-Bench 23,7745,478
APEX-Agents35.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—72.5%
GDPval—40.3%
Remote Labor Index—1.3%
τ²-bench Airline—80.5%
τ²-bench Retail—75.9%
τ²-bench Telecom—91%
PostTrainBench22%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Gemini 3 Pro: 52.5 (#31)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
ARC-AGI-277.1%31.1%
SimpleBench79.6%76.4%
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%94.4%
ARC-AGI-198%75%
CritPt17.7%6.9%
Chess Puzzles55%31%
EnigmaEval36.8%18.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851480
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77152.92
ForecastBench5961.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark—80.1%
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Gemini 3 Pro: 49.9 (#59)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%67%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%91.4%
ProofBench26%20%
LMArena Math14851476
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%37.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%18.8%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
Omni-MATH—55.5%

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Gemini 3 Pro: 64.4 (#16)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
GPQA Diamond94.4%92.6%
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%37.5%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%13.6%
LMArena Expert14851475
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
MMLU-Pro—90.3%
GPQA (HELM)—80.3%

Multimodal Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Gemini 3 Pro: 57.6 (#2)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
LMArena Vision12961305
LMArena Document14441434
GeoBench—84%
VPCT—91%
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Gemini 3 Pro: 56.9 (#16)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
LMArena Non-English14771474
LMArena Chinese15291523
LMArena French14871492
LMArena German14911515
LMArena Japanese14931510
LMArena Korean14551448
LMArena Russian14981493
LMArena Spanish14791470

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Gemini 3 Pro: 76.3 (#45)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following14661458
IFEval—87.7%

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Gemini 3 Pro: 44.0 (#79)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
CL-bench20.8%15.8%
LMArena Longer Query14831471
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Gemini 3 Pro: 66.4 (#35)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro
LMArena Text14811479
LMArena Creative Writing14821482
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14911525
LMArena Multi-Turn14881484
WildBench—85.9%
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Gemini 3 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 54.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Gemini 3 Pro better for coding?

Gemini 3 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Gemini 3 Pro share?

51 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3 Pro has 67.

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