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Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs MiniMax-M2

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 2.9× 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-M2 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 19.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 94% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 14.8% for MiniMax-M2.
  • MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 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 205K.
  • MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index59.837.4
Released2026-08-132025-10-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$1.20
Results tracked4421

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena WebDev15921297
LMArena Coding14971370
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—61%
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench—30%
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—
Vending-Bench 2—160.6

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
NYT Connections (extended)94%14.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941357
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.8%
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-M2: 37.3 (#160)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Math15071352
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-M2: 37.0 (#163)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert15081337
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), MiniMax-M2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English14841313
LMArena Chinese15481366
LMArena French15051335
LMArena German14981355
LMArena Russian15161331
LMArena Spanish15031326
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following14831328

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query14921331

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Text14861340
LMArena Creative Writing14901286
LMArena Multi-Turn14891361
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than MiniMax-M2?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 2.9× 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-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 39.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and MiniMax-M2 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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