Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview vs MiniMax M3
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview by Google AI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 26 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
Gemini 2.5 Flash PreviewRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
Input
$0.15
2.0× cheaper
Output
$0.60
2.0× cheaper
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 2.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview
MiniMax M3
51%Vocabulary55%
15wSentence Length24w
0.70Hedging0.52
4.1Bold5.2
3.3Lists3.0
0.00Emoji1.15
0.09Headings1.21
0.24Transitions0.02
Based on 12 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
