Gemini 3.1 Pro preview vs GPT 5.2

Gemini 3.1 Pro preview vs GPT 5.2: Gemini 3.1 Pro preview is cheaper by 14% on average. Gemini 3.1 Pro preview from Google Vertex AI (1,048,576-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. GPT 5.2 from Azure OpenAI (272,000-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
0128,000
5,000
01,000,000
Google Vertex AI
$1,644/mo
Input $2.00/M · Output $12.00/M
Azure OpenAI
$1,651/mo
Input $1.75/M · Output $14.00/M
At this workload, Gemini 3.1 Pro preview is 0% cheaper than GPT 5.2 — a savings of $7.61/month ($91.31/year).
Crossover: GPT 5.2 is cheaper when output/input ≤ 0.13 (input-heavy workloads — RAG, retrieval). Gemini 3.1 Pro preview wins above (long-form generation).
Current workload ratio: 0.13 (400/3000)
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: gemini-3-1-pro-preview
  provider: vertex-ai
fallback:
  model: gpt-5-2
  provider: azure-openai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview GPT 5.2
Input price $2.00/M $1.75/M
Output price $12.00/M $14.00/M
Context window 1,048,576 272,000
Max output 65,536 128,000
Function calling
Vision
Audio input
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Structured output
Pricing verified May 12, 2026 May 12, 2026
Cheaper option
~14% cheaper than GPT 5.2
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
GPT 5.2
1,477
AIME 2025math
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
GPT 5.2
100.0%
GPQA Diamondreasoning⚠ different settings
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
94.3%
GPT 5.2
92.4%
MMLUgeneral
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
GPT 5.2
89.6%
ARC-AGIreasoning
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
GPT 5.2
86.2%
SWE-bench Verifiedagent
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
80.6%
GPT 5.2
80.0%
MMMU-Promultimodal⚠ different settings
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
80.5%
GPT 5.2
79.5%
ARC-AGI-2reasoning⚠ different settings
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
77.1%
GPT 5.2
52.9%
SciCodecode
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
59.0%
GPT 5.2
Humanity's Last Examreasoning⚠ different settings
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
44.4%
GPT 5.2
34.5%
FrontierMathmath
Gemini 3.1 Pro preview
GPT 5.2
40.3%