Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs MiniMax M3
Compare Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview by Google AI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
MiniMax M3Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
MiniMax M3 is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Input
$2.00
Output
$12.00
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
6.7× cheaper
Output
$1.20
10× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 6.7× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
MiniMax M3
54%Vocabulary55%
18wSentence Length24w
0.29Hedging0.52
4.9Bold5.2
3.3Lists3.0
0.00Emoji1.15
0.72Headings1.21
0.14Transitions0.02
Based on 23 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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