Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs MiniMax-M2.7
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and MiniMax-M2.7 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.3 vs 37.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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-M2.7 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 59.1 to 51.9.
- MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 37.4 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2026-03-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.4 (#181), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.4 (#115)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1454 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1397 |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 37% |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 599.25 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 24.9 (#103)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 45.1% |
| ExploitBench | — | 13.3% |
| GBAEval | — | 0% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 21.2 (#203), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1422 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 24.7% |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 39.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 145.84 |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.8 (#192), MiniMax-M2.7: 24.9 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1420 |
| ProofBench | — | 3% |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.6 (#185), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1443 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 30.6 (#103), MiniMax-M2.7: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.2 (#156), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.5 (#120)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1382 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1439 |
| LMArena French | 1346 | 1422 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1398 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1302 | 1261 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1313 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1383 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1403 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.6 (#158), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1404 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#155), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1321 | 1419 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.9 (#172), MiniMax-M2.7: 59.1 (#107)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1404 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1354 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1413 |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than MiniMax-M2.7?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and MiniMax-M2.7 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.3 vs 37.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 37.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and MiniMax-M2.7 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.