Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs MiniMax-M2

MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B

Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

MiniMax-M2

MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M2 leads 37.0 to 7.0.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and MiniMax-M2 specifications
	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
Provider	Google	MiniMax
Noometry Index	21.1	37.4
Released	2025-03-12	2025-10-27
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	205K
Max output	—	131K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	—	$1.20
Results tracked	4	21

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)	—	61%
LMArena WebDev	—	1297
LMArena Coding	—	1370

Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M2 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench	—	30%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	7.2%	—
Vending-Bench 2	—	160.6

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	57.8%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	14.8%
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1357

Math MiniMax-M2 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	1.1%	—
LMArena Math	—	1352

Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
GPQA Diamond	19.9%	—
LMArena Expert	—	1337

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English	—	1313
LMArena Chinese	—	1366
LMArena French	—	1335
LMArena German	—	1355
LMArena Russian	—	1331
LMArena Spanish	—	1326

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1328

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query	—	1331

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Text	—	1340
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1286
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1361

Frequently asked questions

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