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Gemini 3.0 Flash vs o3-mini

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Google
Gemini 3.0 Flash
OpenAI
o3-mini
Overview
CompanyGoogleOpenAI
Release dateDec 17 2025Jan 31 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
90.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
78%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapo3-mini shipped 320 days before Gemini 3.0 Flash

Which is better: Gemini 3.0 Flash or o3-mini?

Gemini 3.0 Flash leads o3-mini on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). o3-mini shipped 320 days before Gemini 3.0 Flash, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Gemini 3.0 Flash released?
Gemini 3.0 Flash was released by Google on Dec 17 2025.
When was o3-mini released?
o3-mini was released by OpenAI on Jan 31 2025.

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