Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Pro vs MiniMax-M2.1
Gemini 2.0 Pro and MiniMax-M2.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.6 vs 38.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in long context, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 43.2 to 29.1.
- MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 38.4 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2025-12-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.4 (#182), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.1 (#132)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 35.6% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1421 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.7 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 21.6 (#194), MiniMax-M2.1: 15.8 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 60.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1410 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 68% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.06 | — |
| LiveBench | 65.1% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.1 (#101), MiniMax-M2.1: 35.6 (#142)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 71% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1396 |
| MATH Level 5 | 83.5% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#156), MiniMax-M2.1: 37.7 (#143)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 65.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 18.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1432 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 50.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1430 |
| LMArena French | — | 1405 |
| LMArena German | — | 1380 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1297 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1386 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1396 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.6 (#57), MiniMax-M2.1: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 83.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1399 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.1 (#287), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#98)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 41.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#164), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.5 (#114)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1396 |
| LiveBench Language | 44.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than MiniMax-M2.1?
Gemini 2.0 Pro and MiniMax-M2.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.6 vs 38.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 37.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and MiniMax-M2.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.