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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs o4 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding

o4 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
o4 Mini
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
o4 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro Previewo4 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3 Pro Previewo4 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleOpenAI
ReleasedNov 2025Apr 2025

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

o4 Mini Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

o4 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $1.10/M tokens. o4 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $4.40/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 39.4, compared to o4 Mini's score of 25.6.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while o4 Mini has a 200,000 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. o4 Mini supports vision.