What is Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro is Google DeepMind's current flagship reasoning model, and its benchmark trajectory tells an unusual story: a mid-cycle update, released in preview on February 19, 2026, that outpaced its own predecessor by a wider margin than most full-generation releases. Built on the Gemini 3 Pro architecture rather than a ground-up redesign, it concentrates gains on reasoning depth while preserving the same multimodal and long-context foundation.[1] The model accepts text, images, audio, video

Why did Gemini 3.1 Pro's release matter so quickly?

The Gemini 2.5 Pro had a well-documented asymmetry: strong on multimodal and long-context grounded tasks, weak on abstract reasoning and complex agentic coding. Its 4.9% score on ARC-AGI-2 - the ARC Prize's benchmark for novel rule-induction specifically designed to defeat memorization - was not a competitive number at launch, and it did not improve over the model's operational life. Gemini 3.1 Pro scores 77.1% on the same test, independently verified by the ARC Prize.[1] That is not iteration.

How does Gemini 3.1 Pro compare to Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.4?

The table below draws primarily from the official Gemini 3.1 Pro model card and the Artificial Analysis independent benchmark leaderboard, with GPT-5.4 figures cross-referenced against the OpenAI launch announcement.[1][5][6] GPT-5.4 launched on March 5, 2026; figures reflect standard (non-Pro) variants throughout for consistency, except where noted.A note on benchmark sourcing: Where Artificial Analysis has independently run an evaluation, those figures are marked (AA) and should be treated as

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