Gemini 3.5 Flash vs GPT-4.1 Mini
Head to head on 10 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Gemini 3.5 Flash Google (Alphabet Inc.) | 64.7% | 39.0% | 92.2% | 42.7% | 76.3% | 68.1% | 53.1% | 74.4% | 40.9% | 95.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1087elo | - | 71.8 | - | - | 57.9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 78.9% | 78.2% | 64.9% | 75.6% | 84.6% | 88.2% | 82.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 76.3% | - | - | - | 55.8% | - | 76.6% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31.0% | - | - | - | - | - | 49.9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53.1% | 62.9% | - | - | 48.7% | - | - | - | - | - | 64.3% |
| GPT-4.1 Mini OpenAI | 57.9% | 4.5% | 66.4% | 5.0% | 38.3% | 65.5% | 40.4% | 71.9% | 7.6% | 52.9% | -0.17 | 60.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3 | 32.4% | 43.0% | 46.3% | 98.2% | 0.0% | 28.2% | -1 | 1.07 | 62.3% | 89.9% | 100 | 83.62 | 0.79 | 0.0% | -0.04 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.01 | 204.5 | 40.0% | 41.7% | 1.45 | 34.5% | 13.0% | 53.6% | 3.6% | - | 17.4% | 3.3% | 9.0% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 83.4% | 48.6% | - | 1144elo | - | 43.3% | 100.0% | - | 58.2% | 52.9% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 18.7% | 50.0% | 65.0% | 56.8% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.47 | 3.47 | 1.55 | 100.0% | 63.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 67.5% | 40.2% | 83.5% | 6.7% | 62.4% | 43.8% | 26.7% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48.3% | 45.4% | 80.0% | 0.35 | 100.0% | 93.3% | 100.0% | 92.5% | - | 2.61 | 0.0% | 100.0% | - | 77.9% | - | 5 | 0.0% | 64.0% | 64.0% | 20.0% | 26.7% | 78.1% | 54.5% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 30.0% | 19.5% | 96.5% | 52.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% | - | 60.0% | 0.0% | 46.8% | 93.0% | 40.6% | - | 100.0% | 88.2% | 100.0% | 20.0% | 33.3% | 100.0% | 73.3% | 100.0% | 1.14 | 56.72 | 0 | 10.0% | 23.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 37.6% | 1.04 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 45.6% | - | - | 93.3% | 100.0% | - | 29.0% | 90.0% | 29.0% | 82.0% | 82.0% | 50.8% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | Gemini 3.5 Flash Google (Alphabet Inc.) | GPT-4.1 Mini OpenAI |
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| Description | Gemini 3.5 Flash is an AI model from Google (Alphabet Inc.). | GPT-4.1 Mini is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | Gemini | GPT |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 19 May 2026 | 14 Apr 2025 |
| Context | 1,048,576 | 1,047,576 |
| Input $/1M | $1.50 | $0.40 |
| Output $/1M | $9.00 | $1.60 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.150 | $0.100 |
| Cache write $/1M | $0.083 | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, video, file, audio | image, text, file |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Google (Alphabet Inc.) | OpenAI |
| Reported scores | Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)42.7% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)95.3% (AA) Terminal-Bench (Hard)40.9% (AA) Vals Index53.1% |
FAQ
- Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or GPT-4.1 Mini better?
- Across the 10 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Gemini 3.5 Flash leads on 10 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do Gemini 3.5 Flash and GPT-4.1 Mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
- Gemini 3.5 Flash scores 92.2% and GPT-4.1 Mini scores 66.4% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or GPT-4.1 Mini?
- GPT-4.1 Mini is cheaper at $1.60 per million output tokens against $9.00 for Gemini 3.5 Flash - about 5.6x.
- When were Gemini 3.5 Flash and GPT-4.1 Mini released?
- Gemini 3.5 Flash was released 19 May 2026 by Google (Alphabet Inc.). GPT-4.1 Mini was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI.
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