Gemini 3 Flash vs GPT-4o mini

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

Gemini 3 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 65 to 43. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.50 input / $3.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens for GPT-4o mini. That is roughly 5.0x on output cost alone. Gemini 3 Flash gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for GPT-4o mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3 Flash 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

GPT-4o mini

Gemini 3 Flash

58.2

GPT-4o mini

82

70
MMLU
82
69
GPQA
-
67
SuperGPQA
-
65
OpenBookQA
-
72
MMLU-Pro
-
6
HLE
-

Coding

GPT-4o mini

Gemini 3 Flash

47.3

GPT-4o mini

87.2

62
HumanEval
87.2
44
SWE-bench Verified
-
36
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Gemini 3 Flash
70
AIME 2023
-
72
AIME 2024
-
71
AIME 2025
-
66
HMMT Feb 2023
-
68
HMMT Feb 2024
-
67
HMMT Feb 2025
-
69
BRUMO 2025
-
80
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Gemini 3 Flash
67
SimpleQA
-
65
MuSR
-
84
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Gemini 3 Flash
85
IFEval
-

Multilingual

GPT-4o mini

Gemini 3 Flash

85

GPT-4o mini

87

85
MGSM
87

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 3 Flash or GPT-4o mini?

Gemini 3 Flash is ahead overall, 65 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 62 and 87.2.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 3 Flash or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 58.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3 Flash or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 87.2 versus 47.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 3 Flash or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 85. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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