Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs MiniMax M3
Compare Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 by Google AI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 43 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
MiniMax M3Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
MiniMax M3 is 8.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
4.2× cheaper
Output
$1.20
8.3× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 4.2× input, 8.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
55%
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
MiniMax M3
51%Vocabulary55%
15wSentence Length24w
0.31Hedging0.52
4.8Bold5.2
4.1Lists3.0
0.00Emoji1.15
0.98Headings1.21
0.05Transitions0.02
Based on 20 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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