Gemini 3 Pro vs GPT-4.1
Wins 7 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 7 areas
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Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger all-rounder.GPT-4.1 is cheaper.
Scores updated · 38 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven 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 software40Gemini 3 Pro4 of 4 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking40Gemini 3 Pro4 of 4 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video40Gemini 3 Pro4 of 4 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up31Gemini 3 Pro3 of 4 tests
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked20Gemini 3 Pro2 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
Agents and long documents 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.
GPT-4.1 costs 29% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemini 3 Pro pulls ahead
- Common-sense trick questionsSimpleBench+49.4points ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+42.7points ahead
- Short factual questions, answered correctlySimpleQA Verified+41.8points ahead
Where GPT-4.1 pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 38 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGemini 3 Pro
- LiveCodeBench v6Gemini 3 Pro by 42.787.444.7+42.7
- Terminal-Bench HardGemini 3 Pro by 28.141.713.6+28.1
- SWE-bench VerifiedGemini 3 Pro by 21.676.254.6+21.6
- SciCodeGemini 3 Pro by 1856.138.1+18
ReasoningGemini 3 Pro
- SimpleBenchGemini 3 Pro by 49.476.427+49.4
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 3 Pro by 35.539.74.2+35.5
- GPQA DiamondGemini 3 Pro by 24.290.866.6+24.2
- CritPtGemini 3 Pro by 9.19.10+9.1
FactsGemini 3 Pro
- SimpleQA VerifiedGemini 3 Pro by 41.872.931.1+41.8
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 3 Pro by 2855.827.8+28
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterGPT-4.1 by 813.65.6+8
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGemini 3 Pro by 1.88.56.7+1.8
Images and chartsGemini 3 Pro
- CharXiv (RQ)Gemini 3 Pro by 24.781.456.7+24.7
- MMMU-ProGemini 3 Pro by 1980.261.2+19
- MathVistaGemini 3 Pro by 17.689.872.2+17.6
- LMArena · VisionGemini 3 Pro by 95 rating points13051210+95 rating
Following instructionsGemini 3 Pro
- IFBenchGemini 3 Pro by 27.470.443+27.4
- Multi-ChallengeGemini 3 Pro by 27.465.738.3+27.4
Other results18 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.
- ARC-AGI-1Gemini 3 Pro by 69.5755.5+69.5
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 3 Pro by 54.915.3-39.6+54.9
- AIME 2025Gemini 3 Pro by 53.610046.4+53.6
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Gemini 3 Pro by 4087.147.1+40
- AA Agentic IndexGemini 3 Pro by 24.75227.3+24.7
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 3 Pro by 24.746.521.8+24.7
- HarmBenchGPT-4.1 by 19.272.591.7+19.2
- frontiermath_tier_4_v1Gemini 3 Pro by 18.818.80+18.8
- AA IntelligenceGemini 3 Pro by 15.32812.7+15.3
- AIR-Bench 2024Gemini 3 Pro by 8.473.264.8+8.4
- vectara_factual_consistencyGPT-4.1 by 886.494.4+8
- bbqGemini 3 Pro by 5.898.492.6+5.8
- MMMLUGemini 3 Pro by 4.591.887.3+4.5
- simple_safety_testsGPT-4.1 by 2.597.5100+2.5
- anthropic_red_teamGPT-4.1 by 2.29799.3+2.2
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthGemini 3 Pro by 10.2 rating points101.991.7+10.2 rating
- XSTesttie97.397.9tie
- vectara_answer_ratetie99.499.9tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 3 Pro or GPT-4.1?
Gemini 3 Pro wins all seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. GPT-4.1 wins none, but costs 29% less.
Which is better for coding?
Gemini 3 Pro. It wins 4 of the 4 coding tests both models report; GPT-4.1 wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 3 Pro costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 costs $2.00 and $8.00. That makes GPT-4.1 about 29% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 38 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 20 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 18 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.