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Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs MiniMax M1

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 4.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax M1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 26.9.
  • MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index56.740.3
Released2026-02-192025-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K40K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.55
Output $ / M tokens$12$2.20
Results tracked7118

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LMArena Coding14841359
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14851339
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LMArena Math14851361
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LMArena Expert14851317
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English14771319
LMArena Chinese15291360
LMArena French14871370
LMArena German14911350
LMArena Japanese14931217
LMArena Korean14551266
LMArena Russian14981329
LMArena Spanish14791353

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following14661312

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query14831326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LMArena Text14811343
LMArena Creative Writing14821298
LMArena Multi-Turn14881335
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than MiniMax M1?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 4.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or MiniMax M1?

MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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