Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) vs MiniMax M1
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) by Google AI against MiniMax M1 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 20 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M1 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
Input
$0.17
1.7× cheaper
Output
$3.50
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.65
2.1× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking) wins input (1.7× cheaper)·MiniMax M1 wins output (2.1× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
35%
MiniMax M1 uses 10.4x more emoji
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (thinking)
MiniMax M1
53%Vocabulary53%
14wSentence Length17w
0.38Hedging0.51
4.4Bold7.4
4.1Lists6.2
0.00Emoji0.10
0.00Headings0.86
0.24Transitions0.03
Based on 7 + 14 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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