Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs MiniMax-M3
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M3 in 9 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 26.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 71.1% for MiniMax-M3.
- MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 43.8 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2026-06-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 512K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M3 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1469 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 47.1% |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 640.02 |
| 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-M3: 22.6 (#130)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.7% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 2,158 |
Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1447 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | 78.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | 146.95 |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | 61.4 |
| 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% |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math MiniMax-M3 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 71.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1429 |
| ProofBench | — | 18% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 90.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1461 |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal MiniMax-M3 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | 1253 |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
| LMArena Document | — | 1435 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1447 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1426 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1381 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1432 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1433 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1445 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1433 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1442 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1150 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?
MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and MiniMax-M3 share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.