Data points: 75
Model compare
Gemini 3 Flash vs GPT-4
The readout for Gemini 3 Flash and GPT-4, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Key Takeaways
Weighted outcome: Gemini 3 Flash. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Gemini 3 Flash
Gemini 3 Flash has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 96 to 4.
Evidence depth
75 data points
Includes 5 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 9 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Gemini 3 Flash
The charts below split 14 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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Comparison sheet
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 3 Flash and GPT-4: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Gemini 3 Flash | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 96.0 pts | 4.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 3 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage | First-token latency |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 8.2K tokens |
| Max output | 65.5K tokens | 4.1K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFileAudiovideo Output Text | Input Text Output Text |
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputAudio inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
Model metadata
Model metadata
| Model compare | Gemini 3 Flash | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | |
| Released | Dec 2025 | May 2023 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Gemini | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | 2021-09-30 |
| OpenRouter ID | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | openai/gpt-4 |
| References | No data | No data |
When to choose each model
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Gemini 3 Flash and GPT-4: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Gemini 3 Flash
Gemini 3 Flash is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Reasoning, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage).
GPT-4
GPT-4 has these operational advantages: First-token latency.
Benchmark score comparison
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Category performance
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
- Model A coverage
- 8 / 8
- Model B coverage
- 3 / 8
- Shared
- 3 shared categories
Avg. score
Gemini 3 Flash
51.3
Avg. score
GPT-4
41.2
Agents
Gemini 3 Flash
Coding
Gemini 3 Flash leads by 6.5
Reasoning
Gemini 3 Flash leads by 15.2
Knowledge
Gemini 3 Flash
Math
Gemini 3 Flash leads by 10.8
Multilingual
Gemini 3 Flash
Multimodal
Gemini 3 Flash
Instruction following
Gemini 3 Flash
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Gemini 3 Flash
winner$0.500/M
Rank #85/186 · confidence 4
GPT-4
$30.00/M
Rank #184/186 · confidence 4
Gemini 3 Flash
winner$1.13/M
Rank #97/186 · confidence 4
GPT-4
$37.50/M
Rank #184/186 · confidence 4
Gemini 3 Flash
winner$3.00/M
Rank #99/186 · confidence 4
GPT-4
$60.00/M
Rank #179/186 · confidence 4
Gemini 3 Flash
winner88.2%
Rank #7/129 · confidence 4
GPT-4
56.2%
Rank #121/129 · confidence 4
Gemini 3 Flash
winner81.2%
Rank #95/218 · confidence 4
GPT-4
34.9%
Rank #211/218 · confidence 4
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Gemini 3 Flash | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Gemini 3 Flash | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
N1N20 tests | Gemini 3 Flash gemini-3-flash-preview speed / latency 157 tok/s / 7994ms input / output $0.011/M/$0.065/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-1106-preview speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0.131/M/$0.392/M |
Rnglg2 API10 tests | Gemini 3 Flash speed / latency 160 tok/s / 6933ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Seamee API10 tests | Gemini 3 Flash speed / latency 155 tok/s / 6071ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
CaMeL AI5 tests | Gemini 3 Flash speed / latency 187 tok/s / 6133ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
小水管 API5 tests | Gemini 3 Flash speed / latency 287 tok/s / 4944ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Gemini 3 Flash gemini-3-flash-preview-high speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-4 gpt-4 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | |
Gemini 3 Flash gemini-3-flash-preview-c speed / latency No data input / output $0.0027/request | GPT-4 gpt-4-0125-preview speed / latency No data input / output $2.05/M/$4.11/M | |
Gemini 3 Flash gemini-3-flash-preview speed / latency No data input / output $0.068/M/$0.411/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.011/request | |
Gemini 3 Flash gemini-3-flash-preview speed / latency No data input / output $0.068/M/$0.411/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.011/request |
FAQ
Weighted outcome: Gemini 3 Flash. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
- Why is this comparison indexable?
- It has 6 verifiable comparison points, and both models have pricing or benchmark data.
- Are missing metrics invented?
- No. Metrics without LMSpeed data are omitted from this report.