Gemini 3 Pro vs Nova Premier
Wins 4 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 14 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five 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.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Gemini 3 Pro3 of 3 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Gemini 3 Pro2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
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 tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemini 3 Pro pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+41.7points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+35.5points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+34.9points ahead
Where Nova Premier pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+19.6points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 14 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGemini 3 Pro
- Terminal-Bench HardGemini 3 Pro by 34.941.76.8+34.9
- SciCodeGemini 3 Pro by 28.256.127.9+28.2
ReasoningGemini 3 Pro
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 3 Pro by 35.539.74.2+35.5
- GPQA DiamondGemini 3 Pro by 33.990.856.9+33.9
- CritPtGemini 3 Pro by 9.19.10+9.1
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 3 Pro by 34.555.821.3+34.5
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationNova Premier by 19.68.528.1+19.6
Following instructionsGemini 3 Pro
- IFBenchGemini 3 Pro by 34.270.436.2+34.2
Other results5 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.
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 3 Pro by 50.715.3-35.4+50.7
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Gemini 3 Pro by 48.887.138.3+48.8
- AA Agentic IndexGemini 3 Pro by 35.65216.4+35.6
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 3 Pro by 32.746.513.8+32.7
- AA IntelligenceGemini 3 Pro by 18.8289.2+18.8
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 3 Pro or Nova Premier?
Gemini 3 Pro wins four of the five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. Nova Premier wins none. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
Gemini 3 Pro. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Nova Premier wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 14 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 9 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 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.