# Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs o3-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and o3-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-vs-o3-mini
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and o3-mini.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and o3-mini do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | o3-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 56.19 | 46.83 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.25 / $1.50 | $1.10 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 42.9 (Estimated · #101/152)
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 38.46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 37.9 (Estimated · #124/151)
- o3-mini public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #88/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 0.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 49.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 37.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 51.5 (Estimated · #71/183)
- o3-mini public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #134/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 81.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | o3-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 87.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and o3-mini on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs o3](/compare/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-vs-o3)
- [o3-mini vs o3](/compare/o3-vs-o3-mini)
- [Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs o3-pro](/compare/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-vs-o3-pro)
- [o3-mini vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-mini-vs-o3-pro)

## Explore More

- [Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite profile](/models/gemini-3-1-flash-lite)
- [o3-mini profile](/models/o3-mini)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)