Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is EnigmaEval: 0.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 36.8% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index39.156.7
Released2025-02-052026-02-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$12
Results tracked1471

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
SWE-bench Verified—75.6%
DeepSWE—11.7%
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1447
SciCode—58.9%
GSO—22.6%
WeirdML—72.1%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1484
MirrorCode—8.9%
ALE-Bench—1,161
AlgoTune—2.02

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Terminal-Bench—80.2%
APEX-Agents—35.3%
τ²-bench Banking—26%
DeepResearch Bench—47.8%
PostTrainBench—22%
BALROG—57%
ExploitBench—26.1%
GBAEval—0.8%
GDP.pdf—17%
LMArena Search—1211
METR Time Horizons—77%
Vending-Bench 2—3,774

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
EnigmaEval0.7%36.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06154.77
ARC-AGI-2—77.1%
SimpleBench—79.6%
NYT Connections (extended)—97.4%
ARC-AGI-1—98%
CritPt—17.7%
Chess Puzzles—55%
Thematic Generalization—79.4%
EBR-Bench—14.3%
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1485
Mystery Game Puzzles—34%
DTBench—97.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LMCA—53.8%
ForecastBench—59
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—26.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—86.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—26%
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1485
MATH Level 583.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—36.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—16.7%

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GPQA Diamond65.7%94.4%
Humanity's Last Exam—46.4%
SimpleQA Verified—73.5%
Confabulations18.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.4%
LMArena Expert—1485

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Vision—1296
Blueprint-Bench 2—26.5%
Furniture Assembly—26.7%
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Non-English—1477
LMArena Chinese—1529
LMArena French—1487
LMArena German—1491
LMArena Japanese—1493
LMArena Korean—1455
LMArena Russian—1498
LMArena Spanish—1479

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1466

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
CL-bench—20.8%
CL-bench Life—16.9%
LMArena Longer Query—1483

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
LMArena Text—1481
LMArena Creative Writing—1482
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1491
EQ-Bench 4—1142
LMArena Multi-Turn—1488
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71.

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