Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs MiniMax-M3

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B

Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

MiniMax-M3

MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 7.0.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 19.9% for Gemma 3 1B and 90.9% for MiniMax-M3.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and MiniMax-M3 specifications
	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
Provider	Google	MiniMax
Noometry Index	21.1	43.8
Released	2025-03-12	2026-06-01
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	1M
Max output	—	512K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	—	$1.20
Results tracked	4	41

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
FrontierCode	—	14.7%
LMArena WebDev	—	1482
SciCode	—	47.1%
LMArena Coding	—	1469
ALE-Bench	—	640.02

Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
APEX-Agents	—	37.7%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	7.2%	—
OSWorld 2.0	—	4.6%
GBAEval	—	0.9%
Vending-Bench 2	—	2,158

Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
Chess Puzzles	0%	14%
SimpleBench	—	45.8%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	65.1%
CritPt	—	3.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1447
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	8%
DTBench	—	78.9%
LMCA	—	33.7%
Surface Evolver Bench	—	55%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	146.95
ForecastBench	—	61.4

Math MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	1.1%	71.1%
ProofBench	—	18%
LMArena Math	—	1429

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
GPQA Diamond	19.9%	90.9%
LMArena Expert	—	1461

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Vision	—	1253
LMArena Document	—	1435

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Non-English	—	1420
LMArena Chinese	—	1463
LMArena French	—	1447
LMArena German	—	1426
LMArena Japanese	—	1381
LMArena Korean	—	1372
LMArena Russian	—	1428
LMArena Spanish	—	1432

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1433

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Longer Query	—	1445

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Text	—	1433
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1404
EQ-Bench 4	—	1150
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1442

Frequently asked questions

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