GPT-5.3 Instant vs Gemini 3.1 Pro

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

GPT-5.3 Instant has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 87 versus 84. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-5.3 Instant's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 82.9 against 76.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OSWorld-Verified, 80 to 68. Gemini 3.1 Pro does hit back in multilingual, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-5.3 Instant is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.75 input / $14.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemini 3.1 Pro. That is roughly 2.8x on output cost alone. GPT-5.3 Instant is the reasoning model in the pair, while Gemini 3.1 Pro is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Gemini 3.1 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for GPT-5.3 Instant.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3 Instant if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.1 Pro only becomes the better choice if multilingual is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

82.9

Gemini 3.1 Pro

76.1

86
Terminal-Bench 2.0
77
82
BrowseComp
86
80
OSWorld-Verified
68

Coding

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

78.7

Gemini 3.1 Pro

71.9

88
HumanEval
91
76
SWE-bench Verified
75
75
LiveCodeBench
71
83
SWE-bench Pro
72

Multimodal & Grounded

Tie

GPT-5.3 Instant

95

Gemini 3.1 Pro

95

95
MMMU-Pro
95
95
OfficeQA Pro
95

Reasoning

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

94.2

Gemini 3.1 Pro

92.7

96
SimpleQA
95
94
MuSR
93
97
BBH
92
92
LongBench v2
93
94
MRCRv2
90

Knowledge

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

80.8

Gemini 3.1 Pro

79.4

99
MMLU
99
98
GPQA
97
96
SuperGPQA
95
94
OpenBookQA
93
89
MMLU-Pro
92
44
HLE
40
92
FrontierScience
88

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

96

Gemini 3.1 Pro

95

96
IFEval
95

Multilingual

Gemini 3.1 Pro

GPT-5.3 Instant

93.4

Gemini 3.1 Pro

94.1

96
MGSM
96
92
MMLU-ProX
93

Mathematics

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

97.2

Gemini 3.1 Pro

96.8

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3 Instant or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant is ahead overall, 87 to 84. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OSWorld-Verified, where the scores are 80 and 68.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.8 versus 79.4. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3 Instant or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78.7 versus 71.9. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3 Instant or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.2 versus 96.8. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.3 Instant or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 94.2 versus 92.7. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.9 versus 76.1. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant and Gemini 3.1 Pro are effectively tied for multimodal and grounded tasks here, both landing at 95 on average.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.3 Instant or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 95. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.1 versus 93.4. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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