Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think vs GPT-5 nano

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

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 85 to 31. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 82.8 against 71.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 97 to 71.2.

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 400K for GPT-5 nano.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5 nano only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

82.8

GPT-5 nano

71.2

99
MMLU
-
97
GPQA
71.2
95
SuperGPQA
-
93
OpenBookQA
-
81
MMLU-Pro
-
32
HLE
-

Coding

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
91
HumanEval
-
58
SWE-bench Verified
-
58
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

96.5

GPT-5 nano

85.2

99
AIME 2023
-
99
AIME 2024
-
98
AIME 2025
85.2
95
HMMT Feb 2023
-
97
HMMT Feb 2024
-
96
HMMT Feb 2025
-
96
BRUMO 2025
-
92
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
95
SimpleQA
-
93
MuSR
-
95
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
89
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
92
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think or GPT-5 nano?

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think is ahead overall, 85 to 31. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 97 and 71.2.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think or GPT-5 nano?

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.8 versus 71.2. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think or GPT-5 nano?

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.5 versus 85.2. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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