Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs o1-mini

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 8.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 98% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 14% for o1-mini.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and o1-mini specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index56.734.0
Released2026-02-192024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7139

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
WeirdML72.1%36.3%
LMArena Coding14841362
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
LiveBench Coding—48%
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
Cybench—10%
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), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
ARC-AGI-277.1%0.8%
SimpleBench79.6%18.1%
ARC-AGI-198%14%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851333
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77135.82
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
LMCA53.8%—
ForecastBench59—
LiveBench—57.8%

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
GPQA Diamond94.4%62.4%
LMArena Expert14851316
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Confabulations—18.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), o1-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
LMArena Non-English14771289
LMArena Chinese15291314
LMArena French14871293
LMArena German14911278
LMArena Japanese14931245
LMArena Korean14551223
LMArena Russian14981283
LMArena Spanish14791303

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14661304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14831320
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Previewo1-mini
LMArena Text14811317
LMArena Creative Writing14821244
LMArena Multi-Turn14881314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than o1-mini?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or o1-mini better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and o1-mini share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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