Gemini 3 Pro vs MiniMax M2.1
Wins 4 of 7 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Math · Long documents
Wins 1 of 7 areas
Facts
Gemini 3 Pro wins more areas, narrowly.MiniMax M2.1 is cheaper and better at facts.
Scores updated · 47 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven 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.
- CodingWriting and fixing software51Gemini 3 Pro5 of 6 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking40Gemini 3 Pro4 of 4 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemini 3 Pro1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up12MiniMax M2.12 of 3 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own11Even1 each
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked00Even0 each · 1 tie
Math, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
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.
MiniMax M2.1 costs 89% 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 Pro pulls ahead
- Common-sense trick questionsSimpleBench+41.7points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+34.6points ahead
- Olympiad math problems with short answersIMOAnswerBench+22.7points ahead
Where MiniMax M2.1 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+23points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in many programming languagesSWE-bench Multilingual+7.5points ahead
- Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+2.8points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 47 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGemini 3 Pro
- SciCodeGemini 3 Pro by 15.456.140.7+15.4
- Terminal-Bench HardGemini 3 Pro by 12.941.728.8+12.9
- SWE-bench VerifiedGemini 3 Pro by 9.276.267+9.2
- SWE-bench MultilingualMiniMax M2.1 by 7.56572.5+7.5
- SWE-bench ProGemini 3 Pro by 6.543.336.8+6.5
- LMArena · WebDevGemini 3 Pro by 56 rating points14401384+56 rating
AgentsEven
- GDPValGemini 3 Pro by 4.534.229.7+4.5
- BrowseCompMiniMax M2.1 by 2.859.262+2.8
ReasoningGemini 3 Pro
- SimpleBenchGemini 3 Pro by 41.776.434.7+41.7
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 3 Pro by 16.539.723.2+16.5
- CritPtGemini 3 Pro by 8.89.10.3+8.8
- GPQA DiamondGemini 3 Pro by 7.890.883+7.8
FactsMiniMax M2.1
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 3 Pro by 34.655.821.2+34.6
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationMiniMax M2.1 by 238.531.5+23
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterMiniMax M2.1 by 1.813.611.8+1.8
Other results29 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.
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 3 Pro by 48.215.3-32.9+48.2
- HMMT Feb. 2025Gemini 3 Pro by 26.597.571+26.5
- AIME 2025Gemini 3 Pro by 1910081+19
- HMMT Nov. 2025Gemini 3 Pro by 1993.374.3+19
- LiveCodeBenchGemini 3 Pro by 149278+14
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 3 Pro by 13.746.532.8+13.7
- AIME25 no toolsGemini 3 Pro by 139683+13
- VIBE-iOSMiniMax M2.1 by 12.275.888+12.2
- VIBE-AndroidMiniMax M2.1 by 1178.789.7+11
- τ²-BenchGemini 3 Pro by 119887+11
- SWT-benchGemini 3 Pro by 10.479.769.3+10.4
- VIBE-BackendMiniMax M2.1 by 878.786.7+8
- AA IntelligenceGemini 3 Pro by 7.12820.9+7.1
- ToolathlonMiniMax M2.1 by 7.136.443.5+7.1
- Multi-SWE-BenchMiniMax M2.1 by 6.742.749.4+6.7
- Terminal-Bench 2.0Gemini 3 Pro by 6.354.247.9+6.3
- VIBE (Average)MiniMax M2.1 by 6.282.488.6+6.2
- AA Agentic IndexGemini 3 Pro by 4.65247.4+4.6
- SWE-PerfGemini 3 Pro by 3.46.53.1+3.4
- OctoCodingbenchMiniMax M2.1 by 3.222.926.1+3.2
- BrowseComp (context management)MiniMax M2.1 by 2.859.262+2.8
- browsecomp_with_context_managerMiniMax M2.1 by 2.859.262+2.8
- MMLU-ProGemini 3 Pro by 2.190.188+2.1
- VIBE-SimulationGemini 3 Pro by 2.189.287.1+2.1
- VIBE-WebMiniMax M2.1 by 289.591.5+2
- vectara_factual_consistencyMiniMax M2.1 by 1.886.488.2+1.8
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Gemini 3 Pro by 1.787.185.4+1.7
- vectara_answer_ratetie99.498.5tie
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthtie101.9106.9tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 3 Pro or MiniMax M2.1?
Gemini 3 Pro wins four of the seven areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, math and long documents. MiniMax M2.1 wins facts, and costs 89% less. They are level on agents and following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Gemini 3 Pro. It wins 5 of the 6 coding tests both models report; MiniMax M2.1 wins 1.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 3 Pro costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M2.1 costs $0.30 and $1.20. That makes MiniMax M2.1 about 89% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 47 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 18 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 29 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.