Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs MiniMax M1
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and MiniMax M1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 40.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax M1 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 53.1.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 66K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1400 | 1359 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1256 | — |
| SciCode | 41.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 797.73 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.3% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1339 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 8.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 76.8% | — |
| LMCA | 35% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.47 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.4 | — |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1428 | 1361 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 27.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | 1317 |
| GPQA Diamond | 81.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1411 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | 1424 | 1370 |
| LMArena German | 1429 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1413 | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | 1420 | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | 1353 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1377 | 1312 |
Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1394 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1417 | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than MiniMax M1?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and MiniMax M1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 40.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or MiniMax M1?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and MiniMax M1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.