Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs MiniMax M1

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 19× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B

Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

MiniMax M1

MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax M1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax M1 leads 36.4 to 11.8.
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and MiniMax M1 specifications
	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
Provider	Google	MiniMax
Noometry Index	28.1	40.3
Released	2025-03-12	2025-06-13
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	1M
Max output	4K	40K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.04	$0.55
Output $ / M tokens	$0.08	$2.20
Results tracked	22	18

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
LMArena Coding	1230	1359

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), MiniMax M1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	19.6%	—

Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts	1253	1339
Kagi LLM Benchmark	25.2%	—
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
DTBench	50.9%	—
LMCA	2.8%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	116.02	—

Math MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
LMArena Math	1239	1361
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	7.5%	—

Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
LMArena Expert	1223	1317
GPQA Diamond	23.2%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.4%	—

Multilingual MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English	1273	1319
LMArena German	1281	1350
LMArena Russian	1294	1329
LMArena Chinese	—	1360
LMArena French	—	1370
LMArena Japanese	—	1217
LMArena Korean	—	1266
LMArena Spanish	—	1353

Instruction Following MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following	1239	1312

Long Context MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query	1273	1326
Fiction.LiveBench	—	69.4%

Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	MiniMax M1
LMArena Text	1291	1343
LMArena Creative Writing	1271	1298
LMArena Multi-Turn	1255	1335
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1068	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than MiniMax M1?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or MiniMax M1?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.

Is Gemma 3 4B or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and MiniMax M1 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.