Gemma 3 12B vs MiniMax M1
Compare Gemma 3 12B by Google AI against MiniMax M1 by MiniMax, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
Gemma 3 12BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M1 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Gemma 3 12B is 55x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemma 3 12B
Input
$0.03
10× cheaper
Output
$0.03
55× cheaper
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.65
Gemma 3 12B is cheaper on both — 10× input, 55× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
57%
MiniMax M1 uses 10.4x more emoji
Gemma 3 12B
MiniMax M1
52%Vocabulary53%
17wSentence Length17w
0.66Hedging0.51
6.2Bold7.4
5.4Lists6.2
0.00Emoji0.10
0.06Headings0.86
0.23Transitions0.03
Based on 23 + 14 text responses
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