Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs GPT-4.5

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 10 categories and GPT-4.5 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 13.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 98% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 10.3% for GPT-4.5.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and GPT-4.5 specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index56.737.2
Released2026-02-192025-02-27
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7142

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
WeirdML72.1%39.4%
LMArena Coding14841396
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
Aider Polyglot—44.9%
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
LiveBench Coding—75.2%
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
Cybench—17.5%
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
ARC-AGI-277.1%0.8%
SimpleBench79.6%34.5%
ARC-AGI-198%10.3%
EnigmaEval36.8%3.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851403
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77136.74
ForecastBench5961.7
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—71.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—64.3%
LMCA53.8%—
LiveBench—69%

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211)

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
GPQA Diamond94.4%68.7%
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%5.4%
LMArena Expert14851394
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Confabulations—13.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
LMArena Vision12961195
VPCT—45%
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
LMArena Non-English14771413
LMArena Chinese15291421
LMArena French14871418
LMArena German14911457
LMArena Japanese14931416
LMArena Korean14551392
LMArena Russian14981419
LMArena Spanish1479—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
LMArena Instruction Following14661404
LiveBench Instruction Following—72.3%

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
LMArena Longer Query14831406
Fiction.LiveBench—63.9%
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-4.5
LMArena Text14811417
LMArena Creative Writing14821394
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14911258
LMArena Multi-Turn14881444
Short-Story Creative Writing—75.6%
EQ-Bench 41142—
LiveBench Language—61.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than GPT-4.5?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or GPT-4.5 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (42.5 vs 42.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and GPT-4.5 share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4.5 has 42.

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