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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs GPT-5 Image

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-5 Image wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewGPT-5 ImageWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$10.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$10.00 GPT-5 Image
Cache Read (per 1M)$200000.00$1250000.00 Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Gemini 3 Pro Preview is 55% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

Google $2.00 (Cheapest)

GPT-5 Image Providers

OpenAI $10.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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GPT-5 Image Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewGPT-5 ImageWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.4--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.5--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.8--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.8--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.7--
Gemini 3 Pro Preview significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
GPT-5 Image
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 62% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewGPT-5 ImageWinner
Tokens/second117.3 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token31.63sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewGPT-5 Image
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3 Pro PreviewGPT-5 Image
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedNov 2025Oct 2025

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

GPT-5 Image Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
imagetext

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Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 3 Pro Preview has cheaper input pricing at $2.00/M tokens. GPT-5 Image has cheaper output pricing at $10.00/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to GPT-5 Image's score of N/A.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while GPT-5 Image has a 400,000 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. GPT-5 Image supports vision.