Gemini 3.5 Flash vs MiniMax M2.5
Google vs MiniMax — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher intelligence index (92.2 vs 84.8)
- •MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper ($0.15 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 M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 92.2 | 84.8 |
| Developer | MiniMax | |
| Type | Multimodal | LLM |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 204,800 tokens |
| Input price | $1.50 / 1M | $0.15 / 1M |
| Output price | $9.00 / 1M | $1.15 / 1M |
| Speed | 221 tok/s | 87 tok/s |
| Released | May 19, 2026 | February 12, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Audio, Video | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Gemini 3.5 Flash
MiniMax M2.5
GPQA Diamond
92.2
84.8
Humanity’s Last Exam
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19.1