Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs o3-mini

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

o3-mini OpenAI

36.7

Rank #212 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and o3-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 16.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 84.6% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 3% for o3-mini.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.10 / $4.40 for o3-mini.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and o3-mini specifications
Gemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index59.836.7
Released2026-08-132024-12-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K100K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.10
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4.40
Results tracked4451

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), o3-mini: 40.8 (#132)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
SciCode59.8%39.8%
LMArena Coding14971378
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
Aider Polyglot—60.4%
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
GSO—1.3%
WeirdML—43.7%
LiveBench Coding—82.7%
CadEval—54%
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), o3-mini: 29.6 (#84)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
Cybench—22.5%
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), o3-mini: 16.3 (#305)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
ARC-AGI-284.6%3%
ARC-AGI-195.5%34.5%
CritPt14.3%0.3%
Chess Puzzles47%17%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941366
Mystery Game Puzzles37%7%
DTBench96.8%68.8%
LMCA50.4%19%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27140.34
SimpleBench—22.8%
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
LiveBench Reasoning—89.6%
LiveBench Data Analysis—70.6%
ForecastBench—59.6
LiveBench—75.9%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), o3-mini: 28.1 (#244)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%18.6%
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%0%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%76.9%
LMArena Math15071396
ProofBench58%—
LiveBench Math—77.3%
MATH Level 5—96.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—12.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), o3-mini: 38.3 (#146)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
GPQA Diamond94.8%77%
SimpleQA Verified69.2%15.3%
LMArena Expert15081364
Confabulations—17.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), o3-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), o3-mini: 45.7 (#164)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
LMArena Non-English14841319
LMArena Chinese15481379
LMArena French15051334
LMArena German14981303
LMArena Japanese15121286
LMArena Korean14831314
LMArena Russian15161304
LMArena Spanish15031321

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), o3-mini: 75.1 (#72)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14831337
LiveBench Instruction Following—84.4%

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), o3-mini: 33.8 (#256)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
LMArena Longer Query14921343
Fiction.LiveBench—50%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), o3-mini: 50.3 (#182)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 Flasho3-mini
LMArena Text14861337
LMArena Creative Writing14901286
LMArena Multi-Turn14891320
Short-Story Creative Writing—61.7%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
LiveBench Language—50.7%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than o3-mini?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or o3-mini?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; o3-mini lists at $1.10 and $4.40.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or o3-mini better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and o3-mini share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and o3-mini has 51.

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