Gemini 3.5 Flash vs MiniMax-M1
Google vs MiniMax — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher intelligence index (92.2 vs 61.5)
- •MiniMax-M1 is cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.50 per 1M input)
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has a larger context window (1M)
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | MiniMax-M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 92.2 | 61.5 |
| Developer | MiniMax | |
| Type | Multimodal | LLM |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input price | $1.50 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
| Output price | $9.00 / 1M | $2.20 / 1M |
| Speed | 221 tok/s | — |
| Released | May 19, 2026 | June 16, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | 456B (45.9B active) |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Audio, Video | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |