Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs GPT-5.5 Instant

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #20 Confirmed

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.5

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 7 categories and GPT-5.5 Instant in 2 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 24.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 55% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 12% for GPT-5.5 Instant.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and GPT-5.5 Instant specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index56.742.5
Released2026-02-192026-05-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7127

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.7 (#88), GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.7 (#73)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
SciCode58.9%48.6%
LMArena Coding14831433
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1446—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#33), GPT-5.5 Instant: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
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 (#9), GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.2 (#149)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
CritPt17.7%0%
Chess Puzzles55%12%
LMArena Hard Prompts14841426
Epoch Capabilities Index154.92142.48
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 61.8 (#28), GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.1 (#241)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%26.3%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%2.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%68.1%
LMArena Math14851420
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#68)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
GPQA Diamond94.4%82.5%
LMArena Expert14841409
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal GPT-5.5 Instant leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 38.1 (#60), GPT-5.5 Instant: 39.3 (#48)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Vision12961250
LMArena Document14441403
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.1 (#11), GPT-5.5 Instant: 53.0 (#76)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Non-English14751417
LMArena Chinese15281457
LMArena French14881428
LMArena German14911410
LMArena Japanese14941408
LMArena Korean14581393
LMArena Russian14961430
LMArena Spanish14801430

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.1 (#31), GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.4 (#94)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Instruction Following14651407

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.3 (#17), GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#92)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Longer Query14821422
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.3 (#36), GPT-5.5 Instant: 62.0 (#81)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Text14801419
LMArena Creative Writing14821420
LMArena Multi-Turn14861434
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than GPT-5.5 Instant?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or GPT-5.5 Instant better for coding?

GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.7 versus 42.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and GPT-5.5 Instant share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.5 Instant has 27.

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