Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax M1 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 22.0.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1339 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1361 |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1317 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | 1370 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1353 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1312 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1335 |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and MiniMax M1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.