Beam 1.0 vs Gemini 3 Pro
Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Math · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Reasoning
Beam 1.0 is the stronger all-rounder.Gemini 3 Pro is better at reasoning.
Scores updated · 16 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software31Beam 1.03 of 4 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own20Beam 1.02 of 2 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math10Beam 1.01 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Beam 1.01 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Beam 1.01 of 1 test
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking12Gemini 3 Pro2 of 4 tests · 1 tie
Math, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Beam 1.0 pulls ahead
- Multi-step tasks using many real software toolsMCP Atlas+26.7points ahead
- Long, multi-file coding tasks in real codebasesSWE-bench Pro+22.8points ahead
- Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+17.6points ahead
Where Gemini 3 Pro pulls ahead
- Abstract visual puzzles that people can solveARC-AGI-2+7.6points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+6.9points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+3.7points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 16 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingBeam 1.0
- SWE-bench ProBeam 1.0 by 22.866.143.3+22.8
- SWE-bench MultilingualBeam 1.0 by 13.378.365+13.3
- SciCodeGemini 3 Pro by 6.949.256.1+6.9
- SWE-bench VerifiedBeam 1.0 by 5.481.676.2+5.4
AgentsBeam 1.0
- MCP AtlasBeam 1.0 by 26.780.854.1+26.7
- BrowseCompBeam 1.0 by 17.676.859.2+17.6
ReasoningGemini 3 Pro
- ARC-AGI-2Gemini 3 Pro by 7.623.531.1+7.6
- CritPtBeam 1.0 by 7.216.39.1+7.2
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 3 Pro by 3.73639.7+3.7
- GPQA Diamondtie90.690.8tie
Other results3 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- DeepSearchQA (F1)Beam 1.0 by 17.380.563.2+17.3
- HLE (with tools)Beam 1.0 by 5.351.145.8+5.3
- ARC-AGI-1Gemini 3 Pro by 17475+1
Questions people ask
Which is better, Beam 1.0 or Gemini 3 Pro?
Beam 1.0 wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, math, long documents and following instructions. Gemini 3 Pro wins reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
Beam 1.0. It wins 3 of the 4 coding tests both models report; Gemini 3 Pro wins 1.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 16 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 3 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.