Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Gemini 3 Pro

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 52.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 51 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Gemini 3 Pro Google

54.8

Rank #28 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 51 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 3 Pro in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multimodal, where Gemini 3 Pro leads 57.6 to 45.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is VPCT: 72.6% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 91% for Gemini 3 Pro.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Gemini 3 Pro specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index52.354.8
Released2025-12-172025-11-18
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked5967

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Gemini 3 Pro: 51.6 (#39)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
SWE-bench Verified75.4%72.9%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%74.2%
LMArena WebDev14391440
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%68.7%
GSO9.8%18.6%
WeirdML61.6%69.9%
LMArena Coding14601481
ALE-Bench1,3671,177
AlgoTune—1.83

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Gemini 3 Pro: 40.6 (#23)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
Terminal-Bench64.3%69.4%
τ²-bench Airline82.5%80.5%
τ²-bench Banking27.3%18%
τ²-bench Retail76.8%75.9%
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%91%
DeepResearch Bench49.8%46.3%
BALROG48.1%58.1%
LMArena Search11981207
Vending-Bench 23,6355,478
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—72.5%
GDPval—40.3%
Remote Labor Index—1.3%
GDP.pdf10%—
METR Time Horizons—71%

Reasoning Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Gemini 3 Pro: 52.5 (#31)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
ARC-AGI-233.6%31.1%
SimpleBench61.1%76.4%
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%94.4%
ARC-AGI-184.7%75%
Chess Puzzles40%31%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651480
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8152.92
ForecastBench58.561.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark—80.1%
CritPt—6.9%
EnigmaEval—18.2%
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Gemini 3 Pro: 49.9 (#59)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%67%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%91.4%
ProofBench15%20%
LMArena Math14731476
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%37.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%18.8%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
Omni-MATH—55.5%

Knowledge Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Gemini 3 Pro: 64.4 (#16)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
GPQA Diamond89.4%92.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%13.6%
LMArena Expert14621475
Humanity's Last Exam—37.5%
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
MMLU-Pro—90.3%
GPQA (HELM)—80.3%

Multimodal Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Gemini 3 Pro: 57.6 (#2)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
LMArena Vision12851305
GeoBench88%84%
VPCT72.6%91%
LMArena Document14131434
Blueprint-Bench 20%—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Gemini 3 Pro: 56.9 (#16)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
LMArena Non-English14581474
LMArena Chinese15111523
LMArena French14771492
LMArena German14971515
LMArena Japanese14891510
LMArena Korean14431448
LMArena Russian14801493
LMArena Spanish14691470

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Gemini 3 Pro: 76.3 (#45)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following14371458
IFEval—87.7%

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Gemini 3 Pro: 44.0 (#79)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
LMArena Longer Query14521471
CL-bench—15.8%

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Gemini 3 Pro: 66.4 (#35)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemini 3 Pro
LMArena Text14661479
LMArena Creative Writing14571482
LMArena Multi-Turn14711484
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1525
WildBench—85.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Gemini 3 Pro?

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 52.3 on the Noometry Index.

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

They score almost the same on coding (50.9 vs 51.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

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

51 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3 Pro has 67.

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