Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs o1-pro

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

o1-pro OpenAI

31.5

Rank #271 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 2 categories and o1-pro in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 58.8 to 29.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 84.7% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 23.3% for o1-pro.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $150 / $600 for o1-pro.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and o1-pro specifications
Gemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index52.331.5
Released2025-12-172025-03-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K100K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$150
Output $ / M tokens$3$600
Results tracked593

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), o1-pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
LMArena Coding1460—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), o1-pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), o1-pro: 20.4 (#239)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
ARC-AGI-184.7%23.3%
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EnigmaEval—6.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1465—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), o1-pro: —

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), o1-pro: 29.7 (#234)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam—8.1%
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
LMArena Expert1462—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), o1-pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), o1-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
LMArena Non-English1458—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1477—
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Russian1480—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), o1-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1437—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), o1-pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
LMArena Longer Query1452—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), o1-pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash Previewo1-pro
LMArena Text1466—
LMArena Creative Writing1457—
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than o1-pro?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or o1-pro?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens; o1-pro lists at $150 and $600.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and o1-pro share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and o1-pro has 3.

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