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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs MiniMax M1 80K

Google · released

Wins 4 of 6 areas

Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Following instructions

MiniMax · released

Wins 1 of 6 areas

Agents

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger all-rounder.MiniMax M1 80K is cheaper and better at agents.

Scores updated · 30 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

Agents rests on a single test.

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

Gemini 2.5 Pro$1.25 to read · $10.00 to write$11Price from Artificial Analysis
MiniMax M1 80K$0.55 to read · $2.20 to write$2.75Price from Artificial Analysis

MiniMax M1 80K costs 76% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.

Where Gemini 2.5 Pro pulls ahead

  • Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+23.5points aheadGemini 2.5 Pro26.5MiniMax M1 80K3
  • Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+16.6points aheadGemini 2.5 Pro39MiniMax M1 80K22.5
  • Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+13.9points aheadGemini 2.5 Pro83.6MiniMax M1 80K69.7

Where MiniMax M1 80K pulls ahead

  • Questions about very long textsLongBench v2+2.7points aheadMiniMax M1 80K61.5Gemini 2.5 Pro58.8

Every test, side by side

All 30 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingGemini 2.5 Pro

Full coding ranking

AgentsMiniMax M1 80K
  • GDPValMiniMax M1 80K by 24.7024.7+24.7

Full agents ranking

ReasoningGemini 2.5 Pro

Full reasoning ranking

FactsGemini 2.5 Pro

Full facts ranking

Long documentsEven

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsGemini 2.5 Pro

Full following instructions ranking

Other results17 tests, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or MiniMax M1 80K?

Gemini 2.5 Pro wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts and following instructions. MiniMax M1 80K wins agents, and costs 76% less. They are level on long documents.

Which is better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Pro. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; MiniMax M1 80K wins none.

Which is cheaper?

Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 80K costs $0.55 and $2.20. That makes MiniMax M1 80K about 76% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 30 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 17 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.

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