Gemini 3 Flash Mini on Arena Elo: score, rank and what it means
Gemini 3 Flash Mini scores 1406.3 on Arena Elo, placing it #191 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on Arena Elo, with Gemini 3 Flash Mini highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 10 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
What this score means
On Arena Elo, Gemini 3 Flash Mini sits at #191 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Max, scores 1501.9, so the gap to the top is 95.6 points. The median model in this index scores 1373.8, which puts Gemini 3 Flash Mini above the midpoint.
Google DeepMind models average 1412.2 on this benchmark. Gemini 3 Flash Mini is 5.9 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Google DeepMind model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 1409.6. Gemini 3 Flash Mini is 3.3 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 1406.3 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $10.71 per million input tokens, Gemini 3 Flash Mini is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on Arena Elo. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 | Meta AI | 200000 | $4.16 | 76.3 |
| Llama 4 Scout Chat | Meta AI | 32768 | $4.66 | 78.0 |
| Llama 3 Modal Instruct | Modal | 128000 | $3.84 | 75.2 |
| Mistral Small 3 | Mistral AI | 32768 | $3.90 | 75.3 |
| Gemini 3 Flash Mini | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $10.71 | 76.0 |
| Nova Pro Pro | Amazon | 200000 | $13.03 | 79.5 |
| Command R+ | Cohere | 32768 | $3.96 | 76.3 |
Other benchmarks for Gemini 3 Flash Mini
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.8 | 216 | 64th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.8 | 174 | 71th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 61.4 | 292 | 51th | |
| HumanEval | 80.1 | 229 | 62th | |
| MATH-500 | 78.9 | 237 | 61th | |
| AIME 2025 | 74.3 | 169 | 72th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 69.1 | 206 | 66th | |
| IFEval | 83.6 | 222 | 63th | |
| TruthfulQA | 79.8 | 186 | 69th | |
| HellaSwag | 84.1 | 275 | 54th | |
| MMMU | 72.6 | 229 | 62th |
FAQ
What score does Gemini 3 Flash Mini get on Arena Elo?
Gemini 3 Flash Mini scores 1406.3 on Arena Elo in this index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the top score is 1501.9.
How does Gemini 3 Flash Mini rank on Arena Elo?
It ranks #191 of 600 models, in the 68th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Is Gemini 3 Flash Mini good at Arena Elo?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the Arena Elo score calculated?
Arena Elo is a preference benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Gemini 3 Flash Mini cost?
Gemini 3 Flash Mini costs $10.71 per million input tokens and $48.11 per million output tokens.