Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 3 categories and MiniMax M1 in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax M1 leads 39.2 to 28.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 61.1% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 69.4% for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 34.8 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.2 (#308), MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1351 | 1359 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.0 (#85), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#308), MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1340 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.1 (#127), MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1351 | 1360 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#207), MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1340 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 35.9 (#74), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.6 (#144), MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1361 |
| LMArena French | 1390 | 1369 |
| LMArena German | 1354 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1293 | 1220 |
| LMArena Korean | 1314 | 1263 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1330 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | 1354 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.6 (#91), MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1312 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#198), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | 69.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1345 | 1326 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.8 (#184), MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 1335 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.2 versus 28.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and MiniMax M1 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.