Model comparison

Gemini 3 Pro vs MiniMax M1

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Pro Google

54.8

Rank #28 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax M1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3 Pro leads 64.4 to 36.4.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Pro and MiniMax M1 specifications
Gemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index54.840.3
Released2025-11-182025-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—40K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.55
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked6718

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 51.6 (#39), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
LMArena Coding14811359
SWE-bench Verified72.9%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1440—
SWE-bench Multilingual68.7%—
GSO18.6%—
WeirdML69.9%—
ALE-Bench1,177—
AlgoTune1.83—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Pro: 40.6 (#23), MiniMax M1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
Terminal-Bench69.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.5%—
GDPval40.3%—
Remote Labor Index1.3%—
τ²-bench Airline80.5%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
τ²-bench Retail75.9%—
τ²-bench Telecom91%—
DeepResearch Bench46.3%—
BALROG58.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons71%—
Vending-Bench 25,478—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 52.5 (#31), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14801339
ARC-AGI-231.1%—
SimpleBench76.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark80.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)94.4%—
ARC-AGI-175%—
CritPt6.9%—
Chess Puzzles31%—
EnigmaEval18.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index152.92—
ForecastBench61.2—

Math Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 49.9 (#59), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
LMArena Math14761361
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.4%—
ProofBench20%—
Omni-MATH55.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)37.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)18.8%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 64.4 (#16), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
LMArena Expert14751317
GPQA Diamond92.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam37.5%—
MMLU-Pro90.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.6%—
GPQA (HELM)80.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Pro: 57.6 (#2), MiniMax M1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1305—
GeoBench84%—
VPCT91%—
LMArena Document1434—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 56.9 (#16), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English14741319
LMArena Chinese15231360
LMArena French14921370
LMArena German15151350
LMArena Japanese15101217
LMArena Korean14481266
LMArena Russian14931329
LMArena Spanish14701353

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 76.3 (#45), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following14581312
IFEval87.7%—

Long Context Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 44.0 (#79), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query14711326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%
CL-bench15.8%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 66.4 (#35), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProMiniMax M1
LMArena Text14791343
LMArena Creative Writing14821298
LMArena Multi-Turn14841335
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1525—
WildBench85.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Pro better than MiniMax M1?

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Pro or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

Gemini 3 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Pro and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Pro has 67 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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