Model comparison
Gemini 3 Pro vs MiniMax-M2.5
Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.7 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Pro scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Pro leads 52.5 to 17.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 94.4% for Gemini 3 Pro and 16.8% for MiniMax-M2.5.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 54.7 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2025-11-18 | 2026-02-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 67 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gemini 3 Pro: 52.1 (#33), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 74.2% | 75.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1439 | 1386 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 68.7% | 68.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1482 | 1380 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,177 | 618.17 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.9% | — |
| GSO | 18.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 69.9% | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.83 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gemini 3 Pro: 40.5 (#21), MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 69.4% | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,478 | -23.16 |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 72.5% | — |
| GDPval | 40.3% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 1.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Airline | 80.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 18% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 75.9% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 91% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 46.3% | — |
| BALROG | 58.1% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1207 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 71% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gemini 3 Pro: 52.5 (#28), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 31.1% | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 80.1% | 55.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 94.4% | 16.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 75% | 63.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1372 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.96 | 146.68 |
| SimpleBench | 76.4% | — |
| CritPt | 6.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 31% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 18.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.2 | — |
Math Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gemini 3 Pro: 48.8 (#50), MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 20% | 4% |
| LMArena Math | 1475 | 1378 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 67% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 91.4% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 55.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 37.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 18.8% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gemini 3 Pro: 64.3 (#15), MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 13.6% | 9.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1475 | 1378 |
| GPQA Diamond | 92.6% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 37.5% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 90.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 80.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3 Pro: 56.9 (#1), MiniMax-M2.5: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1305 | — |
| GeoBench | 84% | — |
| VPCT | 91% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1434 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gemini 3 Pro: 57.1 (#14), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1474 | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1522 | 1392 |
| LMArena French | 1492 | 1363 |
| LMArena German | 1517 | 1361 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1513 | 1169 |
| LMArena Korean | 1449 | 1232 |
| LMArena Russian | 1493 | 1359 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1468 | 1354 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gemini 3 Pro: 76.4 (#42), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1458 | 1353 |
| IFEval | 87.7% | — |
Long Context Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gemini 3 Pro: 44.0 (#75), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 15.8% | 11.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1472 | 1367 |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.3% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Pro leads
Gemini 3 Pro: 66.6 (#34), MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1479 | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1482 | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1525 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1484 | 1364 |
| WildBench | 85.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3 Pro better than MiniMax-M2.5?
Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.7 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 3 Pro or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?
Gemini 3 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.1 versus 47.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Pro and MiniMax-M2.5 share?
32 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Pro has 67 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.