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GPT-5 Mini vs Gemma 4 31B
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Winner summary
Gemma 4 31B wins on 6/8 benchmarks
Gemma 4 31B wins 6 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · language.
Category leads
coding·Gemma 4 31Breasoning·Gemma 4 31Blanguage·Gemma 4 31Bmath·GPT-5 Miniknowledge·Gemma 4 31B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5 Mini
#90 by perf·no signal
Gemma 4 31B
#45 by perf·no signal
Best value
Gemma 4 31B
5.4x better value than GPT-5 Mini
GPT-5 Mini
48.3 pts/$
$1.13/M
Gemma 4 31B
262.1 pts/$
$0.23/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
GPT-5 MiniGemma 4 31B
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
Gemma 4 31B leads by +5.0
GPT-5 Mini
35.0
Gemma 4 31B
40.0
LiveBench · Coding
GPT-5 Mini leads by +15.7
GPT-5 Mini
76.1
Gemma 4 31B
60.3
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Gemma 4 31B leads by +9.1
GPT-5 Mini
49.6
Gemma 4 31B
58.8
LiveBench · If
Gemma 4 31B leads by +3.4
GPT-5 Mini
64.2
Gemma 4 31B
67.6
LiveBench · Language
Gemma 4 31B leads by +2.2
GPT-5 Mini
69.2
Gemma 4 31B
71.3
LiveBench · Mathematics
GPT-5 Mini leads by +0.4
GPT-5 Mini
74.4
Gemma 4 31B
73.9
LiveBench · Overall
Gemma 4 31B leads by +0.6
GPT-5 Mini
61.0
Gemma 4 31B
61.6
LiveBench · Reasoning
Gemma 4 31B leads by +0.8
GPT-5 Mini
58.6
Gemma 4 31B
59.4
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | Gemma 4 31B |
|---|---|---|
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 35.0 | 40.0 |
LiveBench · Coding | 76.1 | 60.3 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 49.6 | 58.8 |
LiveBench · If | 64.2 | 67.6 |
LiveBench · Language | 69.2 | 71.3 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 74.4 | 73.9 |
LiveBench · Overall | 61.0 | 61.6 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 58.6 | 59.4 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.25 | $2.00 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $6.88 | |
| $0.12 | $0.35 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $1.77 |