Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemini 3.1 Pro leads with 4.3% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Google DeepMind
Gemini 3.1 Pro is a multimodal language model from Google DeepMind, released in preview in February 2026 as a point-version upgrade to Gemini 3 Pro focused on improving reasoning depth, factual grounding, and coding and agentic task performance. The model accepts text, images, video, audio, and PDFs as inputs across a 1M token context window, extending the multimodal breadth of the Gemini 3 series with a companion endpoint specifically optimized for custom tool use in agentic pipelines. Google describes it as built to refine the reliability and performance of the Gemini 3 Pro series, reflecting an incremental engineering iteration rather than an architectural overhaul.
OpenAI
GPT-5.1 Instant, released by OpenAI in November 2025, is a low-latency variant from the GPT-5.1 family optimized for fast response times and high-throughput workloads. It targets real-time applications, conversational assistants, and production APIs where response speed is a primary requirement alongside GPT-5.1-generation reasoning quality.
3 months newer

GPT-5.1 Instant
OpenAI
2025-11

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google DeepMind
2026-02-19
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Gemini 3.1 Pro
GPT-5.1 Instant
Gemini 3.1 Pro
2025-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
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GPT-5.1 Instant
Gemini 3.1 Pro
GPT-5.1 Instant
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GPT-5.1 Instant