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Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs MiniMax-M2

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 53.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 67.2% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 57.8% for MiniMax-M2.
  • MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $1.50 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
  • MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index40.837.4
Released2026-03-032025-10-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.25$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$1.50$1.20
Results tracked3821

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2 leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
LMArena WebDev12561297
LMArena Coding14001370
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—61%
SciCode41.9%—
WeirdML52.2%—
ALE-Bench797.73—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench—30%
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—
Vending-Bench 2—160.6

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%57.8%
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%14.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14071357
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
EnigmaEval3%—
Thematic Generalization63.3%—
DTBench76.8%—
LMCA35%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.47—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
LMArena Math14281352
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert13981337
GPQA Diamond81.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), MiniMax-M2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
LMArena Vision1240—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English14111313
LMArena Chinese14611366
LMArena French14241335
LMArena German14291355
LMArena Russian14201331
LMArena Spanish14211326
LMArena Japanese1413—
LMArena Korean1392—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following13771328

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query13941331

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2
LMArena Text14161340
LMArena Creative Writing14011286
LMArena Multi-Turn14171361

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than MiniMax-M2?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite lists at $0.25 and $1.50.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.3 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and MiniMax-M2 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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