Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs MiniMax-M3

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.3

Rank #332 Confirmed

MiniMax-M3 MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 15.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 71.1% for MiniMax-M3.
  • MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index27.343.8
Released2023-12-132026-06-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—512K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2441

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Coding11081469
FrontierCode—14.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482
SciCode—47.1%
ALE-Bench—640.02
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
APEX-Agents—37.7%
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—2,158

Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Hard Prompts11091447
DTBench45.9%78.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index117.04146.95
SimpleBench—45.8%
NYT Connections (extended)—65.1%
CritPt—3.7%
Chess Puzzles—14%
Mystery Game Puzzles—8%
LMCA—33.7%
Surface Evolver Bench—55%
ForecastBench—61.4

Math MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%71.1%
LMArena Math11321429
ProofBench—18%
MATH Level 511.2%—

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
GPQA Diamond34%90.9%
LMArena Expert10591461
MMLU70%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: —, MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Vision—1253
LMArena Document—1435

Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Non-English11381420
LMArena Chinese11241463
LMArena French11451447
LMArena German11251426
LMArena Japanese10231381
LMArena Russian11861428
LMArena Spanish11191432
LMArena Korean—1372

Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Instruction Following11141433

Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Longer Query11321445

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)

BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Text11491433
LMArena Creative Writing11311404
LMArena Multi-Turn11391442
EQ-Bench 4—1150

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than MiniMax-M3?

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?

MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and MiniMax-M3 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.

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