Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs MiniMax-M3

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

MiniMax-M3 MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M3 in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 36.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 90.9% for MiniMax-M3.
  • MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and MiniMax-M3 specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index39.143.8
Released2025-02-052026-06-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—512K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1441

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
FrontierCode—14.7%
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1482
SciCode—47.1%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1469
ALE-Bench—640.02

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
APEX-Agents—37.7%
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—2,158

Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06146.95
SimpleBench—45.8%
NYT Connections (extended)—65.1%
CritPt—3.7%
Chess Puzzles—14%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1447
Mystery Game Puzzles—8%
DTBench—78.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LMCA—33.7%
Surface Evolver Bench—55%
ForecastBench—61.4
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—71.1%
ProofBench—18%
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1429
MATH Level 583.5%—

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
GPQA Diamond65.7%90.9%
Confabulations18.4%—
LMArena Expert—1461

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Vision—1253
LMArena Document—1435

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Non-English—1420
LMArena Chinese—1463
LMArena French—1447
LMArena German—1426
LMArena Japanese—1381
LMArena Korean—1372
LMArena Russian—1428
LMArena Spanish—1432

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1433

Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
LMArena Longer Query—1445

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMiniMax-M3
LMArena Text—1433
LMArena Creative Writing—1404
EQ-Bench 4—1150
LMArena Multi-Turn—1442
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than MiniMax-M3?

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?

MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and MiniMax-M3 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.

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