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Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs MiniMax-M2.7

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 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 . 24 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 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 19.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 94% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 24.7% for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 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-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index59.837.7
Released2026-08-132026-03-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$1.20
Results tracked4430

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena WebDev15921398
SciCode59.8%47%
LMArena Coding14971454
ALE-Bench904.3599.25
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
WeirdML—37%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench—45.1%
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
ExploitBench—13.3%
GBAEval—0%
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
NYT Connections (extended)94%24.7%
CritPt14.3%0.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941422
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27145.85
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Thematic Generalization—39.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
ProofBench58%3%
LMArena Math15071420
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Expert15081444
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), MiniMax-M2.7: —

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

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English14841382
LMArena Chinese15481441
LMArena French15051421
LMArena German14981398
LMArena Japanese15121262
LMArena Korean14831313
LMArena Russian15161383
LMArena Spanish15031403

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following14831405

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query14921419

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text14861405
LMArena Creative Writing14901354
LMArena Multi-Turn14891412
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than MiniMax-M2.7?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 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-M2.7?

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

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 41.8 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-M2.7 share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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