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Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs MiniMax M1

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash 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 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 26.9.
  • MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index59.840.3
Released2026-08-132025-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K40K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.55
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.20
Results tracked4418

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Coding14971359
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14941339
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Math15071361
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Expert15081317
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English14841319
LMArena Chinese15481360
LMArena French15051370
LMArena German14981350
LMArena Japanese15121217
LMArena Korean14831266
LMArena Russian15161329
LMArena Spanish15031353

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following14831312

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query14921326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Text14861343
LMArena Creative Writing14901298
LMArena Multi-Turn14891335
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than MiniMax M1?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or MiniMax M1?

MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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