Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs MiniMax M1

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs 5.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

MiniMax M1

MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 4 categories and MiniMax M1 in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in long context, where MiniMax M1 leads 41.4 to 33.3.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 47.2% for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and 69.4% for MiniMax M1.
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and MiniMax M1 specifications
	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
Provider	Google	MiniMax
Noometry Index	37.0	40.3
Released	2025-06-17	2025-06-13
Weights	Proprietary	Open
Context window	1.05M	1M
Max output	66K	40K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.10	$0.55
Output $ / M tokens	$0.40	$2.20
Results tracked	33	18

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax M1 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
LMArena Coding	1373	1359
WeirdML	35.2%	—
ALE-Bench	325.9	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), MiniMax M1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	36.9%	—

Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts	1377	1339
Kagi LLM Benchmark	40.5%	—
DTBench	62.8%	—
LMCA	18.1%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	133.94	—

Math Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
LMArena Math	1373	1361
Omni-MATH	48%	—

Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
LMArena Expert	1373	1317
MMLU-Pro	53.7%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	3.3%	—
GPQA (HELM)	30.9%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), MiniMax M1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
LMArena Vision	1198	—
VPCT	30%	—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English	1369	1319
LMArena Chinese	1404	1360
LMArena French	1388	1370
LMArena German	1389	1350
LMArena Japanese	1359	1217
LMArena Korean	1360	1266
LMArena Russian	1373	1329
LMArena Spanish	1396	1353

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following	1367	1312
IFEval	81%	—

Long Context MiniMax M1 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
Fiction.LiveBench	47.2%	69.4%
LMArena Longer Query	1373	1326

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax M1
LMArena Text	1379	1343
LMArena Creative Writing	1367	1298
LMArena Multi-Turn	1366	1335
WildBench	81.8%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than MiniMax M1?

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or MiniMax M1?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and MiniMax M1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.