Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs MiniMax-M2.5

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.3

Rank #188 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 26.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 4% for MiniMax-M2.5.
  • MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index56.538.3
Released2026-09-302026-02-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2133

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena WebDev16781387
LMArena Coding15501381
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—75.8%
SWE-bench Multilingual—68.3%
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
ALE-Bench—618.17

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
Vending-Bench 213,718-23.16
Terminal-Bench—42.7%
APEX-Agents82.2%—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts15481372
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—55.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—16.8%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
CritPt27.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.68

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
ProofBench99%4%
LMArena Math15361378

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Expert15531379
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), MiniMax-M2.5: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Non-English15231338
LMArena Chinese16101393
LMArena Russian15371358
LMArena Spanish14971354
LMArena French—1362
LMArena German—1362
LMArena Japanese—1171
LMArena Korean—1232

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Instruction Following15381353

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Longer Query15491366
CL-bench—11.4%
CL-bench Life—6.3%

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Text15341359
LMArena Creative Writing15311331
LMArena Multi-Turn15571364
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1361

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than MiniMax-M2.5?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 48.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.

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