Model comparison

Gemini 3 Pro vs Step 1o Turbo 202506

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Pro Google

54.8

Rank #28 Confirmed

Step 1o Turbo 202506 StepFun

39.7

Rank #160 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Pro scores higher in 9 categories and Step 1o Turbo 202506 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3 Pro leads 64.4 to 36.1.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Pro and Step 1o Turbo 202506 specifications
Gemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
ProviderGoogleStepFun
Noometry Index54.839.7
Released2025-11-18—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Max output——
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Results tracked6714

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 51.6 (#39), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 39.2 (#160)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Coding14811339
SWE-bench Verified72.9%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1440—
SWE-bench Multilingual68.7%—
GSO18.6%—
WeirdML69.9%—
ALE-Bench1,177—
AlgoTune1.83—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Pro: 40.6 (#23), Step 1o Turbo 202506: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
Terminal-Bench69.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.5%—
GDPval40.3%—
Remote Labor Index1.3%—
τ²-bench Airline80.5%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
τ²-bench Retail75.9%—
τ²-bench Telecom91%—
DeepResearch Bench46.3%—
BALROG58.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons71%—
Vending-Bench 25,478—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 52.5 (#31), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 26.8 (#129)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Hard Prompts14801335
ARC-AGI-231.1%—
SimpleBench76.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark80.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)94.4%—
ARC-AGI-175%—
CritPt6.9%—
Chess Puzzles31%—
EnigmaEval18.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index152.92—
ForecastBench61.2—

Math Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 49.9 (#59), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.6 (#164)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Math14761318
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.4%—
ProofBench20%—
Omni-MATH55.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)37.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)18.8%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 64.4 (#16), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#176)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Expert14751308
GPQA Diamond92.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam37.5%—
MMLU-Pro90.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.6%—
GPQA (HELM)80.3%—

Multimodal Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 57.6 (#2), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#80)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Vision13051186
GeoBench84%—
VPCT91%—
LMArena Document1434—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 56.9 (#16), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 45.3 (#173)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Non-English14741313
LMArena Chinese15231380
LMArena German15151314
LMArena Russian14931327
LMArena French1492—
LMArena Japanese1510—
LMArena Korean1448—
LMArena Spanish1470—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 76.3 (#45), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 69.2 (#176)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Instruction Following14581310
IFEval87.7%—

Long Context Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 44.0 (#79), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 41.0 (#146)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Longer Query14711348
CL-bench15.8%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 66.4 (#35), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 53.1 (#160)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Text14791336
LMArena Creative Writing14821307
LMArena Multi-Turn14841340
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1525—
WildBench85.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Pro better than Step 1o Turbo 202506?

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Pro or Step 1o Turbo 202506 better for coding?

Gemini 3 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 39.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Pro and Step 1o Turbo 202506 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Pro has 67 scored results on Noometry and Step 1o Turbo 202506 has 14.

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