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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools vs GPT-5

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools wins:

  • Larger context window

GPT-5 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
GPT-5
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5
Context Window
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools
Speed
GPT-5

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGPT-5Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$1.25 GPT-5
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$10.00 GPT-5
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.20$0.13 GPT-5
Cache Write (per 1M)$0.38N/A Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-5 is 24% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools Providers

Google AI Studio $2.00 (Cheapest)

GPT-5 Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)
Azure $1.25 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools Wins
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GPT-5 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGPT-5Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-44.6-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-36.0-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-94.3-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-87.1-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-85.4-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-84.6-
Aider
Real-world code editing
-88.0-
AIME
Competition math
-95.7-
GPT-5 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
GPT-5
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools has a 62% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGPT-5Winner
Tokens/secondN/A94.0 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A102.36s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGPT-5
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGPT-5
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedFeb 2026Aug 2025

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools Modalities

Input
textaudioimagevideofile
Output
text

GPT-5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 has cheaper input pricing at $1.25/M tokens. GPT-5 has cheaper output pricing at $10.00/M tokens.
GPT-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 36.0, compared to Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools's score of N/A.
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools has a 1,048,576 token context window, while GPT-5 has a 400,000 token context window.
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools supports vision. GPT-5 supports vision.