Gemini 3 Pro vs GPT-5 nano

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

Gemini 3 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 84 to 31. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3 Pro's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 96.4 against 85.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 97 to 71.2.

GPT-5 nano is the reasoning model in the pair, while Gemini 3 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 Pro gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 400K for GPT-5 nano.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5 nano only becomes the better choice if you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Knowledge

Gemini 3 Pro

Gemini 3 Pro

81.2

GPT-5 nano

71.2

99
MMLU
-
97
GPQA
71.2
95
SuperGPQA
-
93
OpenBookQA
-
83
MMLU-Pro
-
20
HLE
-

Coding

Gemini 3 Pro
91
HumanEval
-
59
SWE-bench Verified
-
49
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Gemini 3 Pro

Gemini 3 Pro

96.4

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
-
91
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Gemini 3 Pro
95
SimpleQA
-
93
MuSR
-
90
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Gemini 3 Pro
88
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Gemini 3 Pro
89
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Gemini 3 Pro is ahead overall, 84 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 or GPT-5 nano?

Gemini 3 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.2 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 or GPT-5 nano?

Gemini 3 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.4 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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