Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs MiniMax-M2.7

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 40.7 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Thematic Generalization: 63.3% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 39.3% for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 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-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index40.837.7
Released2026-03-032026-03-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.25$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$1.50$1.20
Results tracked3830

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena WebDev12561398
SciCode41.9%47%
WeirdML52.2%37%
LMArena Coding14001454
ALE-Bench797.73599.25

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench—45.1%
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—
ExploitBench—13.3%
GBAEval—0%

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%24.7%
CritPt1.1%0.6%
Thematic Generalization63.3%39.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts14071422
Epoch Capabilities Index144.47145.85
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
EnigmaEval3%—
DTBench76.8%—
LMCA35%—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Math14281420
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
ProofBench—3%

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%12.9%
LMArena Expert13981444
GPQA Diamond81.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), MiniMax-M2.7: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Vision1240—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English14111382
LMArena Chinese14611441
LMArena French14241421
LMArena German14291398
LMArena Japanese14131262
LMArena Korean13921313
LMArena Russian14201383
LMArena Spanish14211403

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following13771405

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query13941419

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text14161405
LMArena Creative Writing14011354
LMArena Multi-Turn14171412

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than MiniMax-M2.7?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or MiniMax-M2.7?

MiniMax-M2.7 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-M2.7 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 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-M2.7 share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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