Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs o1-mini

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash 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 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 8.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 84.6% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 0.8% for o1-mini.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and o1-mini specifications
Gemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index59.834.0
Released2026-08-132024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4439

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
LMArena Coding14971362
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
WeirdML—36.3%
LiveBench Coding—48%
ALE-Bench904.3—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
Cybench—10%
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
ARC-AGI-284.6%0.8%
ARC-AGI-195.5%14%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941333
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27135.82
SimpleBench—18.1%
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
LMCA50.4%—
LiveBench—57.8%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%46.9%
LMArena Math15071358
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—
LiveBench Math—62%
MATH Level 5—89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
GPQA Diamond94.8%62.4%
LMArena Expert15081316
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Confabulations—18.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), o1-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
LMArena Non-English14841289
LMArena Chinese15481314
LMArena French15051293
LMArena German14981278
LMArena Japanese15121245
LMArena Korean14831223
LMArena Russian15161283
LMArena Spanish15031303

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14831304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14921320

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho1-mini
LMArena Text14861317
LMArena Creative Writing14901244
LMArena Multi-Turn14891314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than o1-mini?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or o1-mini better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and o1-mini share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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