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Gemini 3 Pro vs GPT-5.2

Updated October 17, 2026. Rank says Gemini 3 Pro is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

Gemini 3 Pro has the higher public score estimate, 61.18 versus 59.86, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner. 23 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
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Google

61.18/100

Supported · Public rank #52

90% interval 50.3–72.0

Model B
OpenAI logo

OpenAI

59.86/100

Supported · Public rank #56

90% interval 52.7–67.0

Shared results
23
Gemini 3 Pro only
4
GPT-5.2 only
8
Like-for-like categories
1 / 8
Supported: Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.2How the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    Gemini 3 Pro

    Gemini 3 Pro has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Gemini 3 Pro

    Gemini 3 Pro has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    GPT-5.2

    GPT-5.2 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Gemini 3 Pro has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. GPT-5.2 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

    Confidence: rate-fallback
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  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    GPT-5.2

    GPT-5.2 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    Gemini 3 Pro is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    Gemini 3 Pro is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.

    Confidence: limited

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

43.0Gemini 3 Pro36.8GPT-5.2

Directional only · BenchAlign v5.8

Gemini 3 Pro has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

3 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Multimodal

Like-for-like
Gemini 3 Pro
80.0
#18/54
GPT-5.2
75.9
#22/54
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Gemini 3 Pro leads

Coding

Directional only
Gemini 3 Pro
43.0
Estimated · #59/150
GPT-5.2
36.8
Supported · #73/150
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 1 vs 3 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
Gemini 3 Pro
60.8
Estimated · #47/184
GPT-5.2
59.7
Supported · #50/184
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 0 vs 1 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Instruction following

Directional only
Gemini 3 Pro
86.1
#45/148
GPT-5.2
92.6
#19/148
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Directional only

Agentic

Not comparable
Gemini 3 Pro
Not ranked
GPT-5.2
44.4
Supported · #58/128
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 4 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
Gemini 3 Pro
50.1
Unranked · 4 rankable rows
GPT-5.2
64.3
Unranked · 4 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Gemini 3 Pro
Not ranked
GPT-5.2
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Gemini 3 Pro
Not ranked
GPT-5.2
71.1
Unranked · 3 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 3 Pro
$0.008
Fits in one request
GPT-5.2
$0.00875
Fits in one request

Gemini 3 Pro has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3 Pro
$0.136
Fits in one request
GPT-5.2
$0.1295
Fits in one request

GPT-5.2 has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3 Pro
$0.56
Fits in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
GPT-5.2
$0.525
Fits in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate

GPT-5.2 has the lower modeled cost

Gemini 3 Pro has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. GPT-5.2 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Gemini 3 Pro

2M

GPT-5.2

400K

API model ID

Gemini 3 Pro

Not sourced

GPT-5.2

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Gemini 3 Pro

Not published

GPT-5.2

Not published

Documented inputs

Gemini 3 Pro

Not sourced

GPT-5.2

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Gemini 3 Pro

Not sourced

GPT-5.2

Not sourced

Provider availability

Gemini 3 Pro

Not sourced

GPT-5.2

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Gemini 3 Pro

Non-Reasoning

GPT-5.2

Reasoning

Weight access

Gemini 3 Pro

Proprietary

GPT-5.2

Proprietary

License

Gemini 3 Pro

Proprietary

GPT-5.2

Proprietary

Release date

Gemini 3 Pro

2025-11-18

GPT-5.2

2025-12-11

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
Gemini 3 Pro has the higher public score estimate, 61.18 versus 59.86, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
Workload cost
Repository review: $0.136 vs $0.1295. Cache-heavy agent loop: $0.56 vs $0.525.
Context tradeoff
Gemini 3 Pro has the larger documented window (2M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, Gemini 3 Pro or GPT-5.2?

Gemini 3 Pro has the higher public score estimate, 61.18 versus 59.86, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3 Pro or GPT-5.2?

Gemini 3 Pro scores higher for coding on the public lane, 43 to 36.8. Gemini 3 Pro is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 3 Pro or GPT-5.2?

Gemini 3 Pro is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.

Which costs less, Gemini 3 Pro or GPT-5.2?

For the stated presets, chat costs $0.008 on Gemini 3 Pro and $0.00875 on GPT-5.2; repository review costs $0.136 and $0.1295; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.56 and $0.525. Gemini 3 Pro has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. GPT-5.2 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3 Pro or GPT-5.2?

Gemini 3 Pro has the larger documented context window: 2M, compared with 400K.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence35 rows

Agentic

  • Gemini 3 Pro63.23%
    GPT-5.246.54%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • Gemini 3 Pro11.4%
    GPT-5.234.3%

    GPT-5.2 leads this result

  • BrowseComp

    Gemini 3 Pro—
    GPT-5.265.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OSWorld-Verified

    Gemini 3 Pro—
    GPT-5.247.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • Vibe Code Bench

    Shared source
    Gemini 3 Pro14.30%
    GPT-5.253.50%

    GPT-5.2 leads this result

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Gemini 3 Pro—
    GPT-5.280%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Gemini 3 Pro—
    GPT-5.255.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • ARC-AGI-2

    Gemini 3 Pro31.1%
    Source
    GPT-5.252.9%
    Source

    GPT-5.2 leads this result

  • Gemini 3 Pro75.00%
    GPT-5.286.17%

    GPT-5.2 leads this result

Multimodal

  • Gemini 3 Pro87.2%
    GPT-5.286.7%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • MMMU-Pro

    Gemini 3 Pro81%
    Source
    GPT-5.279.5%
    Source

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • RealWorldQA

    Shared source
    Gemini 3 Pro83.3%
    GPT-5.283.3%

    Tie

  • OmniDocBench 1.5

    Shared source
    Gemini 3 Pro88.5%
    GPT-5.285.7%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • Video-MME (with subtitle)

    Shared source
    Gemini 3 Pro88.4%
    GPT-5.286.0%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • Video-MME (w/o subtitle)

    Shared source
    Gemini 3 Pro87.7%
    GPT-5.285.8%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • MathVision

    Shared source
    Gemini 3 Pro86.6%
    GPT-5.283.0%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • Gemini 3 Pro86.9%
    GPT-5.279.0%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • Gemini 3 Pro85.1%
    GPT-5.286.8%

    GPT-5.2 leads this result

  • Gemini 3 Pro73.2%
    GPT-5.255.8%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • MMLongBench-Doc

    Gemini 3 Pro60.5%
    Source
    GPT-5.2—

    Not directly comparable

  • Gemini 3 Pro79.0%
    GPT-5.270.3%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • Gemini 3 Pro94.1%
    GPT-5.292.2%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • CountBench

    Shared source
    Gemini 3 Pro97.3%
    GPT-5.291.9%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • RefCOCO (avg)

    Gemini 3 Pro84.1%
    Source
    GPT-5.2—

    Not directly comparable

  • ODINW13

    Gemini 3 Pro46.3%
    Source
    GPT-5.2—

    Not directly comparable

  • Gemini 3 Pro70.5%
    GPT-5.259.8%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • VideoMMMU

    Gemini 3 Pro87.6%
    Source
    GPT-5.285.9%
    Source

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

  • MLVU (M-Avg)

    Shared source
    Gemini 3 Pro83.0%
    GPT-5.285.6%

    GPT-5.2 leads this result

  • ScreenSpot Pro

    Gemini 3 Pro72.7%
    Source
    GPT-5.2—

    Not directly comparable

  • Gemini 3 Pro81.4%
    GPT-5.282.1%

    GPT-5.2 leads this result

  • Gemini 3 Pro88.0%
    GPT-5.275.9%

    Gemini 3 Pro leads this result

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Gemini 3 Pro—
    GPT-5.292.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME 2025

    Gemini 3 Pro—
    GPT-5.2100%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Gemini 3 Pro—
    GPT-5.267.400%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    Gemini 3 Pro—
    GPT-5.231.700%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

35 public results · 23 shared

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Last updated October 17, 2026