Model comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 39.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax M1 in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 18.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 77.8% for Gemini 2.5 Flash and 69.4% for MiniMax M1.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash 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 | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 39.3 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2025-04-17 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 66K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 35.8 (#220), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1424 | 1359 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 28.7% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 55.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 41.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 661.88 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 30.8 (#74), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 17.1% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 56.2% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 41.1% | — |
| BALROG | 33.5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 548.84 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 18.1 (#286), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1422 | 1339 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 2.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 41.2% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 56.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 33.3% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 2.7% | — |
| DTBench | 76.5% | — |
| LMCA | 27.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 143.03 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.6 | — |
Math Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 39.9 (#98), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | 1361 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 73.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 38.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 4.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 4.2% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 36.4 (#168), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1426 | 1317 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 12.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 63.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 16.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 41.8 (#32), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1253 | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
| VPCT | 46.2% | — |
| SpatialViz-Bench | 36.9% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 52.3 (#88), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1409 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1450 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | 1433 | 1370 |
| LMArena German | 1418 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | 1385 | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | 1415 | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | 1353 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 75.7 (#54), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1405 | 1312 |
| IFEval | 89.8% | — |
Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 47.5 (#17), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 77.8% | 69.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1419 | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemini 2.5 Flash: 53.8 (#157), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1408 | 1335 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 76.5% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1137 | — |
| WildBench | 81.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 39.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or MiniMax M1?
Gemini 2.5 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash and MiniMax M1 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.