Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GoogleProprietary
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is a vision-language model from Google. It ranks 22 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1296±5 from 47,114 votes. Its best category is Captioning (#1 of 34). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #22 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Captioning (#1 of 34).
- Proprietary; used through Google’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 |  Muse Spark 1.3 (xHigh) Meta | 1302 | 4,897 | Proprietary | +6 |
| 20 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) Google | 1299 | 8,979 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 21 |  GPT-5.5 OpenAI | 1297 | 28,781 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 22 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google | 1296 | 47,114 | Proprietary | |
| 23 |  Claude Opus 4.8 (High) Anthropic | 1294 | 18,303 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT | -2 |
| 25 | GPT-5.5 (High) OpenAI | 1293 | 27,067 | Proprietary | -3 |
Alternatives · More from Google
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) Google | 1315 | 4,645 | Proprietary |
| 8 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) Google | 1314 | 5,369 | Proprietary |
| 13 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) Google | 1308 | 13,862 | Proprietary |
| 14 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) Google | 1306 | 14,061 | Proprietary |
| 16 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 1305 | 13,623 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview rank among vision models?
Overall rank 22 (1296); OCR rank 23 (1304); Diagrams rank 25 (1311); Homework rank 23 (1316); Captioning rank 1 (1345); Entity recognition rank 3 (1330); Creative writing rank 7 (1324); Humor rank 4 (1322); English rank 33 (1287); Chinese rank 14 (1364) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview at OCR?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview ranks 23 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1304 (32,719 votes).
Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #14 of 128 (1364); English board: #33 of 167 (1287). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Google’s apps or API.
How far is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 1296, 29 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.