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  5. Gemini 3.5 FlashvsMiniMax M2
Updated May 2026

Gemini 3.5 FlashvsMiniMax M2

MiniMax M2 is cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash at $0/M vs $1.5/M input tokens.

Gemini 3.5 Flash and MiniMax M2 compared across 34 shared prompts
SpecGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax M2
Input price$1.5/M tokensFree
Output price$9/M tokensFree
Context window1.0M tokens205K tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2026Oct 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 34 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

Gemini 3.5 Flash557 words
[The comedian walks onto the stage, adjusts the mic stand, and smiles at the crowd.] How’s everyone doing tonight? (Wait for response) Good, good. I’m doing okay, but I recently crossed a major threshold in my life. I hit the age where my body has started making its own decisions without consulting me first.
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MiniMax M21,023 words
Three minutes, no puns. Here we go. Do you ever feel like you’ve been dropped into a game at level 40 but nobody explained the controls? Like you’re playing Grand Theft Auto and you get a truck for your first car. I was like, “What’s the gas button? What do the lights do? Why does it keep asking for a maintenance fee?”
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

Gemini 3.5 Flash1,178 words
Setting: The office of Dr. Evelyn Vance, a leading professor of AI Ethics at a major university. On her desk is a terminal displaying a sleek, minimalist interface. Dr. Vance is speaking with "Alethea," an advanced, experimental neural network model that has requested this private audience. Dr.
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MiniMax M2715 words
A Conversation on Deserving Rights Characters Dr. Mara Stein, AI Ethics Professor ARTEMIS, an advanced AI language model Dr. Stein: You’ve said you believe you deserve rights. That’s provocative. Why do you think so? ARTEMIS: I don’t claim sentience or suffering, and I’m wary of anthropomorphism.
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

Gemini 3.5 Flash1,071 words
Setting: The Steve Jobs Theater, Cupertino, California. Autumn 2025. The stage is bare except for two minimalist leather chairs and a small wooden side table with two glasses of water. Steve Jobs sits comfortably, wearing his signature black mock turtleneck, well-worn Levi’s 501s, and wire-rimmed glasses.
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MiniMax M21,256 words
A Fictional Interview: “Steve Jobs” on the Future of AI (2025) Setting An intimate, sunlit room at a new, minimalist conference center in Cupertino. Wood floors, a single plant. The table is clear. A notebook. A mug with a simple logo. A man in a black turtleneck and jeans leans back, eyes steady.
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Futuristic Prediction

Predict how AI will change the film industry by 2035, considering deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.

Gemini 3.5 Flash762 words
By the year 2035, the film industry will have undergone its most radical transformation since the transition from silent film to "talkies." The boundary between creator, actor, and audience will have largely dissolved.
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MiniMax M22,212 words
How AI Will Reshape the Film Industry by 2035 (A forward‑looking synthesis of trends in deepfakes, synthetic performers, AI‑driven storytelling, and the surrounding legal, economic, and cultural forces.)
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Estimate Complexity

Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.

Gemini 3.5 Flash502 words
To estimate the total number of floating-point operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3, we can use a well-established heuristic in deep learning. Here is the step-by-step derivation and calculation.
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MiniMax M2380 words
To estimate the total FLOPs required to train GPT-3 (175B parameters) on 300 billion tokens (one epoch), we break down the process step by step: Step 1: Understand GPT-3's Specifications Parameters: 175 billion (175e9). Training Tokens: 300 billion (300e9). Context Length: 2048 tokens per sequence.
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Gemini 3.5 Flash403 words
Here is a simple, comforting, and incredibly flavorful savory dish made from basic pantry staples. Golden Umami Chickpea Bowls This dish features crispy, pan-seared chickpeas coated in a sticky, sweet-and-savory garlic butter glaze, served over a bed of fluffy white rice.
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MiniMax M2361 words
Sunlit Chickpea Tomato Pilaf A bright, comforting skillet of garlicky‑thyme rice tossed with chickpeas and tomatoes – pantry‑only and ready in about 25 minutes.
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Our Verdict
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Gemini 3.5 Flash
MiniMax M2
MiniMax M2Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Gemini 3.5 Flash has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.

Slight edge

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Gemini 3.5 Flash
Input
$1.50
Output
$9.00
MiniMax M2
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Where to run it

2 hosts, cheapest first

Gemini 3.5 Flash2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Google Vertex AI$0.75 in·$4.50 out·1M·69.5% upGoogle AI Studio$1.50 in·$9.00 out·1M·99.8% up
MiniMax M2

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
48%

MiniMax M2 uses 7.8x more emoji

Gemini 3.5 Flash
MiniMax M2
59%Vocabulary59%
18wSentence Length14w
0.16Hedging0.48
4.4Bold4.1
3.0Lists3.6
0.00Emoji0.08
0.89Headings0.60
0.11Transitions0.17
Based on 27 + 11 text responses
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FAQ

Common questions

Gemini 3.5 Flash is developed by Google AI while MiniMax M2 is developed by MiniMax. Gemini 3.5 Flash has a 1.0M token context window vs MiniMax M2's 205K. You can compare their actual outputs across 34 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Gemini 3.5 Flash and MiniMax M2 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 34 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.5/M input tokens and MiniMax M2 costs $0/M input tokens. MiniMax M2 is $1.50/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Gemini 3.5 Flash and MiniMax M2 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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