Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs MiniMax M1

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

20.7

Rank #348 Reported

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

39.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax M1 leads 35.7 to 7.1.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and MiniMax M1 specifications
Gemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index20.739.7
Released2025-03-122025-06-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—40K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked418

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
LMArena Coding—1359

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), MiniMax M1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
Chess Puzzles0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1340

Math MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
LMArena Math—1360

Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
GPQA Diamond19.9%—
LMArena Expert—1316

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English—1320
LMArena Chinese—1361
LMArena French—1369
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1220
LMArena Korean—1263
LMArena Russian—1330
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following—1312

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%
LMArena Longer Query—1326

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMiniMax M1
LMArena Text—1343
LMArena Creative Writing—1298
LMArena Multi-Turn—1335

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than MiniMax M1?

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and MiniMax M1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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