# Gemini 3 Flash vs o4-mini (high)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3 Flash and o4-mini (high) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-flash-vs-o4-mini-high
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 3 Flash and o4-mini (high) share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- o4-mini (high) has the lower published output-token price.
- Gemini 3 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3 Flash | o4-mini (high) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 54.28 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 11 | 3 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.50 / $3.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 32.4 (Supported · #88/128)
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | o4-mini (high) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 49.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 56.63% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 11.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 32.1 (Supported · #88/150)
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | o4-mini (high) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 20.20% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 63.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 80.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 55.7 (Supported · #55/184)
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | o4-mini (high) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 66.1 (#76/148)
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 57.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: 45 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | o4-mini (high) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 51.228% | 36.140% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 17.073% | 4.878% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 3 Flash and o4-mini (high)?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [Gemini 3 Flash vs o4-mini](/compare/gemini-3-flash-vs-o4-mini)
- [o4-mini (high) vs o4-mini](/compare/o4-mini-vs-o4-mini-high)
- [Gemini 3 Flash vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-gemini-3-flash)
- [o4-mini (high) vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-o4-mini-high)

## Explore More

- [Gemini 3 Flash profile](/models/gemini-3-flash)
- [o4-mini (high) profile](/models/o4-mini-high)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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