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Gemini 2.5 FlashvsMiniMax M3
MiniMax M3 leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. MiniMax M3 is 1.9x cheaper per token. Gemini 2.5 Flash has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 2
MiniMax M3 leads
Cheaper per token
MiniMax M3
1.9x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Flash
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Google · MiniMax
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google · released 2025-06-17
textvisionaudio
MiniMax M3
MiniMax · released 2026-06-01
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 6 only Gemini 2.5 Flash · 1 only MiniMax M3| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 82.8% ↗ | 90.9% ↗epoch | -8.1 pt | MiniMax M3 |
| LMArena Elo | 1417.3 ↗ | 1433.5 ↗ | -16.2 | MiniMax M3 |
| Only Gemini 2.5 Flash reports · 6 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 48.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 72% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 11% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 56.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | 59.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMMU | 79.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only MiniMax M3 reports · 1 | ||||
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 71.1% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 2.5 Flash minus MiniMax M3 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1M tokens | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Max output | 66K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $0.3 ↗ | Tie |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 ↗ | $1.2 ↗ | MiniMax M3 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | $0.06 ↗ | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2.8 | $1.5 | MiniMax M3 |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | 2026-06-01 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 9 | 3 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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