Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs MiniMax-M2
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax-M2 leads 37.3 to 22.1.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 37.4 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2025-10-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1370 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1357 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1352 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), MiniMax-M2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1366 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1335 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1355 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1326 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | — |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1328 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1331 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1286 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1361 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than MiniMax-M2?
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.3 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and MiniMax-M2 share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.