Gemini 3.5 Flash vs MiniMax-M2
Google vs MiniMax — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher intelligence index (92.2 vs 76)
- •MiniMax-M2 is cheaper ($0.26 vs $1.50 per 1M input)
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash is faster
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has a larger context window (1M)
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | MiniMax-M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 92.2 | 76 |
| Developer | MiniMax | |
| Type | Multimodal | LLM |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 204,800 tokens |
| Input price | $1.50 / 1M | $0.26 / 1M |
| Output price | $9.00 / 1M | $1.00 / 1M |
| Speed | 221 tok/s | 91 tok/s |
| Released | May 19, 2026 | October 27, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | 230B (10B active) |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Audio, Video | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Gemini 3.5 Flash
MiniMax-M2
GPQA Diamond
92.2
77.7
Humanity’s Last Exam
41
12.5