Gemini 3.1 Pro vs GPT-4o mini

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Gemini 3.1 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 89 to 43. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3.1 Pro's sharpest advantage is in multilingual, where it averages 96 against 87. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 99 to 82. GPT-4o mini does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemini 3.1 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens for GPT-4o mini. That is roughly 8.3x on output cost alone. Gemini 3.1 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for GPT-4o mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4o mini only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Knowledge

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

86

GPT-4o mini

82

99
MMLU
82
97
GPQA
-
95
SuperGPQA
-
93
OpenBookQA
-
92
MMLU-Pro
-
40
HLE
-

Coding

GPT-4o mini

Gemini 3.1 Pro

79

GPT-4o mini

87.2

91
HumanEval
87.2
75
SWE-bench Verified
-
71
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Gemini 3.1 Pro
99
AIME 2023
-
99
AIME 2024
-
98
AIME 2025
-
95
HMMT Feb 2023
-
97
HMMT Feb 2024
-
96
HMMT Feb 2025
-
96
BRUMO 2025
-
97
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Gemini 3.1 Pro
95
SimpleQA
-
93
MuSR
-
92
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Gemini 3.1 Pro
95
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

96

GPT-4o mini

87

96
MGSM
87

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 3.1 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

Gemini 3.1 Pro is ahead overall, 89 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 99 and 82.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 3.1 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 82. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.1 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 87.2 versus 79. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 3.1 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 87. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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