# Gemini 3 Pro vs Step 5 Preview

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Step 5 Preview in 4 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Long context, and Factuality.

Gemini 3 Pro: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Step 5 Preview: $1.4249999999999998 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3 Pro: closed weights.

Step 5 Preview: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Step 5 Preview in General LLM at #16 against #60.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Step 5 Preview in Reasoning at #22 against #49.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Step 5 Preview leads Gemini 3 Pro in Coding › Web dev at #31 against #59.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Step 5 Preview in Long context at #21 against #56.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Step 5 Preview in Factuality at #10 against #57.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Nov 17, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, Step 5 Preview is ranked #31 in Coding › Web dev (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).