Gemini 3.5 Flash vs MiniMax M2.5
Compare Gemini 3.5 Flash by Google AI against MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 205K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 3.5 Flash
MiniMax M2.5Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Gemini 3.5 Flash has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
MiniMax M2.5 is 7.5x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Input
$1.50
Output
$9.00
MiniMax M2.5
Input
$0.30
5.0× cheaper
Output
$1.20
7.5× cheaper
MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on both — 5.0× input, 7.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
40%
MiniMax M2.5 uses 1.5x more emoji
Gemini 3.5 Flash
MiniMax M2.5
59%Vocabulary55%
18wSentence Length25w
0.16Hedging0.58
4.4Bold6.0
3.0Lists4.4
0.00Emoji0.01
0.89Headings1.11
0.11Transitions0.16
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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