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Gemini 3.5 Flash vs MiniMax M3

Google · released

Wins 5 of 8 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts · Math

MiniMax · released

Wins 1 of 8 areas

Long documents

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger all-rounder.MiniMax M3 is cheaper and better at long documents.

Scores updated · 39 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

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

Long documents 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 3.5 Flash$1.50 to read · $9.00 to write$11Price from Artificial Analysis
MiniMax M3$0.30 to read · $1.20 to write$1.50Price from Artificial Analysis

MiniMax M3 costs 86% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

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

Where Gemini 3.5 Flash pulls ahead

  • Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+34.7points aheadGemini 3.5 Flash51.4MiniMax M316.7
  • Common-sense trick questionsSimpleBench+30.9points aheadGemini 3.5 Flash76.7MiniMax M345.8
  • Long professional tasks in banking, consulting and lawAA ApexAgents+19.4points aheadGemini 3.5 Flash47.1MiniMax M327.7

Where MiniMax M3 pulls ahead

  • Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+43.8points aheadMiniMax M381.6Gemini 3.5 Flash37.8
  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+9.7points aheadMiniMax M383Gemini 3.5 Flash73.3
  • Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+6.6points aheadMiniMax M382.9Gemini 3.5 Flash76.3

Every test, side by side

All 39 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingGemini 3.5 Flash

Full coding ranking

AgentsGemini 3.5 Flash

Full agents ranking

ReasoningGemini 3.5 Flash

Full reasoning ranking

FactsEven

Full facts ranking

Images and chartsGemini 3.5 Flash

Full images and charts ranking

MathGemini 3.5 Flash

Full math ranking

Long documentsMiniMax M3
  • AA-LCRMiniMax M3 by 9.773.383+9.7

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsEven

Full following instructions ranking

Other results11 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 3.5 Flash or MiniMax M3?

Gemini 3.5 Flash wins five of the eight areas we test: coding, agents, reasoning, images and charts and math. MiniMax M3 wins long documents, and costs 86% less. They are level on facts and following instructions.

Which is better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash. It wins 5 of the 7 coding tests both models report; MiniMax M3 wins 2.

Which is cheaper?

Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $9.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 and $1.20. That makes MiniMax M3 about 86% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 39 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 28 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 11 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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