Gemini 3.1 Pro preview vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Gemini 3.1 Pro preview vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview: Gemini 3.1 Pro preview is cheaper by 0% on average. Gemini 3.1 Pro preview from Google Vertex AI (1,048,576-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. Gemini 3 Pro Preview from Google Vertex AI (1,048,576-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.

Side-by-side cost

Live workload comparison

Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.

3,000
01,048,576
400
065,536
5,000
01,000,000
Google Vertex AI
$1,644/mo
Input $2.00/M · Output $12.00/M
Google Vertex AI
$1,644/mo
Input $2.00/M · Output $12.00/M
At this workload, Gemini 3 Pro Preview is 0% cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Pro preview — a savings of $0.000000/month ($0.000000/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: gemini-3-pro-preview
  provider: vertex-ai
fallback:
  model: gemini-3-1-pro-preview
  provider: vertex-ai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Input price $2.00/M $2.00/M
Output price $12.00/M $12.00/M
Context window 1,048,576 1,048,576
Max output 65,536 65,535
Function calling
Vision
Audio input
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Structured output
Pricing verified May 12, 2026 May 12, 2026
Cheaper option
Larger context
1,048,576 tokens
More capabilities
6 of 6 capability flags advertised

Benchmark comparison

Side-by-side public benchmark scores. Greener bar = winner.

Chatbot Arena ELOgeneral
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
1,492
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,486
GPQA Diamondreasoning
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
94.3%
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
SWE-bench Verifiedagent
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
80.6%
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
MMMU-Promultimodal
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
80.5%
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
ARC-AGI-2reasoning
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
77.1%
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
SciCodecode
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
59.0%
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
44.4%
Gemini 3 Pro Preview